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TCP/UDP Practice Test
Test your knowledge of these two popular Internet protocols

Question 17
Network application developers prefer to disable the Nagle algorithm sometimes. Why?
Nagle algorithm adds to the variability of TCP application performance in ways that are difficult to predict
Nagle algorithm conflicts with other TCP congestion avoidance techniques in some situations
Nagle algorithm increases average latencies on a lightly loaded network
all of the above
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