UDP

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Noun

UDP (countable and uncountable, plural UDPs)

  1. (chemistry) Initialism of uridine diphosphate.

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UDP

  1. (Northern Ireland, politics) Initialism of Ulster Democratic Party.
  2. (military, US) Initialism of Unit Deployment Program.
  3. (networking) Initialism of User Datagram Protocol.
    • 1980 August 28, Jon Postel, “User Datagram Protocol”, in RFC Editor, →ISSN, RFC 768:
      Such an interface would also allow the UDP to pass a full internet datagram complete with header to the IP to send.
  4. (US politics) Initialism of United Democracy Project: a surrogate of AIPAC.
    • 2022 July 12, Gregory Krieg, “Progressive pro-Israel group takes on AIPAC in Michigan Democratic primary fight”, in CNN:
      According to the most recent available disclosures, UDP has spent more than $910,000 backing Stevens. AIPAC, a hawkish pro-Israel group that supports both Democrats and Republicans, endorsed Stevens and has attacked Levin, who is Jewish and comes from one of Michigan’s most prominent Jewish political families, over his willingness to criticize some Israeli policy.
  5. (Internet, Usenet) Initialism of Usenet Death Penalty.

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