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Does data size in TCP/UDP make a difference on transmission time

While discussing the development of a network component for our game engine, a member of our team suggested that transmitting either 500 bytes or 1k of data using UDP makes no difference from performance perspective of the system (the time it takes to transmit the data).

TCP and UDP basics: connecting to a website

I am just learning computer networks so please forgive me if this question is naive. I know the TCP protocol binds itself to a port till the transfer of messages is over (port 80) and UDP is best effort (ie no binding). My question is if I try and access two websites at the same time (multiple tabs on my browser), assuming both websites are web servers, my questions are

TCP and UDP basics: connecting to a website

I am just learning computer networks so please forgive me if this question is naive. I know the TCP protocol binds itself to a port till the transfer of messages is over (port 80) and UDP is best effort (ie no binding). My question is if I try and access two websites at the same time (multiple tabs on my browser), assuming both websites are web servers, my questions are

TCP and UDP basics: connecting to a website

I am just learning computer networks so please forgive me if this question is naive. I know the TCP protocol binds itself to a port till the transfer of messages is over (port 80) and UDP is best effort (ie no binding). My question is if I try and access two websites at the same time (multiple tabs on my browser), assuming both websites are web servers, my questions are