4.2.4.3 Flush Call (original) (raw)

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4.2.4.3 Flush Call

Some TCP implementations have included a FLUSH call, which will empty the TCP send queue of any data for which the user has issued SEND calls but which is still to the right of the current send window. That is, it flushes as much queued send data as possible without losing sequence number synchronization. This is useful for implementing the "abort output" function of Telnet.

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