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Glossary: TCP/IP in Depth, Part 2

SACK

Also written: selective acknowledgment, SACK block, sack

A TCP option in an ACK that lists byte ranges received after a gap, such as `{55672:57132}`. With it the sender can resend only the missing segments.

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Related terms

SACK permittedduplicate ACKfast retransmit