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#2070
What allows TCP to detect lost segments and in turn recover from that loss?
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Correct Answer
D. Both Sequence & Acknowledgment number
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Explanation
TCP header contains separate fields for sequence number and acknowledgment number. Comparing these values is what allows TCP to detect lost segments and in turn recover from that loss. After detecting the lost segments, the recovery may require retransmission of the lost segments of data.
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