In the context of TCP's congestion control, what is the purpose of the fast retransmit mechanism?

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To quickly recover from packet loss events detected through timeouts or duplicate acknowledgements (ACKs)

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To prioritize retransmission of the most recently sent packets

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To gradually increase the congestion window size during periods of low congestion

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To terminate a TCP connection upon excessive packet loss

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