Network Security (NETSEC) 4 Practice Test

A ________ is a persistent conversation between different programs on different computers.

Connection State Both Neither

Correct Answer:

Connection

Explanation:

A connection is the persistent dialogue between two programs on different computers. It represents an ongoing, established channel that allows continuous data exchange, typically managed by a transport protocol like TCP with sequencing, reliability, and flow control. State, by contrast, is the stored information about the current condition or attributes of a process, device, or session, not the actual ongoing conversation itself. So the described idea fits a connection best, while state doesn’t describe the dialogue.

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