Why might an application developer choose to run an application over UDP rather than TCP?

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Because some applications do not need reliable data transfer service and UDP is faster.

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Because TCP may congest the network before it delivers all packets.

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Because UDP delivers packets in order.

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Because TCP delivers packets in order.

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None of the answers, an application developer does not care about the transport layer protocol.

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