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UDP packets are like soldiers, running across the battle field, trying to reach their destination. Packet loss occurs when they are shot down, but nobody realizes this. The soldiers won’t bide their time until it’s safer to cross, like the mindless packets they are they will try and try again until they have all been killed.

TCP packets, on the other hand, are soldiers led by smart generals. If the field gets too dangerous, they’ll try a less massive approach. When the dust settles they’ll suddenly spring to action and make a run in massive numbers, but when the field gets congested they’ll slow down considerably.

They’ll also slow down when the UDP soldiers are among them, making them all easy targets. Let the UDP squadrons fight the hard battles, TCP fights a smart one.