====== Application Protcol ======

The network [[protocol]] that is used to allow the [[client]] and [[server]] [[process|processes]] of a [[application|networked application]] to communicate across a network. In the [[Internet]], //application protocol// messages will be carried by either [[TCP]] (for [[connection-oriented|connection-oriented services]]) or [[UDP]] (for [[connectionless|connectionless services]]). The client process will communicate with the server process using a either a TCP or a UDP [[socket]].
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