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The transport layer is the third level of the TCP/IP protocol stack. It is responsible for providing communication between applications residing in different hosts. By placing identifying information in the datagram (such as socket information), the transport layer enables process-to-process communication.
The transport layer provides either a reliable transport service (TCP) or an unreliable service (User Data Protocol). In a reliable delivery service, the destination station acknowledges the receipt of a datagram.
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