Definition of "UDP"

UDP

noun
countable and uncountable, plural UDPs
1. (chemistry) Initialism of uridine diphosphate.
2. (Internet, Usenet) Initialism of Usenet Death Penalty.
proper noun
1. (Northern Ireland, politics) Initialism of Ulster Democratic Party.
2. (military, US) Initialism of Unit Deployment Program.
3. (networking) Initialism of user datagram protocol.
  Quotations
  Such an interface would also allow the UDP to pass a full internet datagram complete with header to the IP to send.
  1980 August 28, Jon Postel, “User Datagram Protocol”, in RFC Editor, RFC 768