QUIC

See also: quic

English

Etymology

Originally proposed as an acronym; now just the name of the protocol itself.

Pronunciation

• Homophone: quick

Proper noun

QUIC

1. (Internet, originally) Acronym of Quick UDP Internet Connections; a multiplexed transport layer protocol based on UDP.

   Synonym: (informal) TCP/2

   • 2021 May, “QUIC: A UDP-Based Multiplexed and Secure Transport”, in J. Iyengar, M. Thomson, editors, RFC Editor, →DOI, →ISSN, RFC 9000:

     Application protocols exchange information over a QUIC connection via streams, which are ordered sequences of bytes.

Further reading

• QUIC on Wikipedia.Wikipedia