Receiving data in TCP

Question

If i send 1000 bytes in TCP, does it guarantee that the receiver will get the entire 1000 bytes \"togther\"? or perhaps he will first only get 500 bytes, and later he\'ll re

Answer 1

The transmission control protocol guarantees successful delivery of all packets by requiring acknowledgment of the successful delivery of each packet to the sender by the receiver. By this definition the receiver will always receive the payload in chunks when the size of the payload exceeds the MTU (maximum transmission unit).

For more information please read Transmission Control Protocol.