tcp out-of-order

TCP out-of-order refers to a situation where TCP segments arrive at the receiver out of order. This can happen when network packets take different paths to reach the destination or when there are delays in the network causing packets to arrive at different times. In such cases, the receiver TCP stack may have to reorder the packets before passing them to the application layer. This can result in increased latency and decreased throughput, as the receiver has to wait for all the packets to arrive before reordering them. TCP uses sequence numbers to ensure that packets are delivered to the receiver in the correct order, but out-of-order packets can still occur due to network issues.