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Transport Layer

Transport Layer is the layer 4 of the OSI 7 layers reference model, which is responsible for reliable network communication between end nodes. The transport layer provides mechanisms for the establishment, maintenance, and termination of virtual circuits, transport fault detection and recovery, and information flow control. TCP and UDP are two well-known protocols in the transport layer.

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Transport Layer