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The term ''half-open'', when referring to [[Transmission Control Protocol|TCP]] connections, has two distinct meanings.
A TCP connection is referred to as ''half-open'' when the station at one end of that TCP connection has crashed, or has otherwise removed the socket without formally notifying the other end of the TCP connection.
 
AAccording to RFC 793, TCP connection is referred to as ''half-open'' when the station at one end of that TCP connection has crashed, or has otherwise removed the socket without formally notifying the other end of the TCP connection.
 
Nowadays, however, the term ''half-open connection'' is most often used to describe [[embryonic connection]]s.
 
== See also ==