Why can't TCP be used for multicast or broadcast, while UDP can?

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TCP is session-based, or connection-oriented. This mean that it expect an acknowledgement in return for a piece of data sent. That acknowledgement must be from the device we sent the piece of data to, from it's IP address. Now, with multicast and broadcast, we use an address to target multiple devices....
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TCP is session-based, or connection-oriented. This mean that it expect an acknowledgement in return for a piece of data sent. That acknowledgement must be from the device we sent the piece of data to, from it's IP address. Now, with multicast and broadcast, we use an address to target multiple devices. They can use it to reply, because it isn't their address. read less
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TCP is reliable connection oriented protocol.It use three way handshaking for particular device,in multicasting means a group of device,we dont send the data to particular one,thats why we use udp because just to send the data and fast access.Thats why TCP is not used
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