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TCP vs. UDP

As explained through a (facetious) analogy of package delivery...

TCP as a package delivery company

Asks you for the address, contacts the deliveree, lets them know they'll be delivering a package soon and how big the package is, carefully packs the packages into the truck, offloads it at the delivery location, rings the door bell to make sure the deliveree is home, goes through a manifest of all packages that are being delivered to make sure that nothing was damaged in transit, thanks the deliveree for using their service and carefully drives home.

UDP as a package delivery company

Asks you for an address to send to, loads your packages into a cannon, aims roughly in direction of deliveree, fires cannon, job done.