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Line 1: The term ''half-open'', when referring to [[Transmission Control Protocol\|TCP]] connections, has two distinct meanings. According to RFC 793, TCP connection is referred to as ''half-open'' when the host at one end of that TCP connection has crashed, or has otherwise removed the socket without ~~formally~~ notifying the other end. If the remaining end is idle, the connection may remain in the half-open state for unbounded periods of time. Nowadays, however, the term ''half-open connection'' is most often used to describe [[embryonic connection]]s.

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