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Protocol pipelining

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Schema of non-pipelined vs. pipelined connection.

Protocol pipelining is a technique in which multiple requests are written out to a single socket without waiting for the corresponding responses. Pipelining can be used in various application layer network protocols, like HTTP/1.1, SMTP and FTP.[1]

The pipelining of requests results in a dramatic improvement in protocol performance, especially over high latency connections (such as satellite Internet connections). Pipelining reduces waiting time of a process.

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  1. ^ Payne, Rob; Manweiler, Kevin (2006-02-20). CCIE: Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert Study Guide: Routing and Switching. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-0-7821-5198-5.
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