An application-layer acknowledgement confirms a condition specified by an application's communication protocol. Receipt, successful processing and durable storage are different conditions. A Transmission Control Protocol acknowledgement of received bytes does not itself establish any stronger application promise; the relevant endpoint must establish that promise.[ref]
End-to-end arguments in system design by Jerome H. Saltzer and others. Printed p. 7: the SWALLOW example distinguishes message delivery from safe storage
Articles by others on the same topic
There are currently no matching articles.