What is the purpose of flow control?
A.
To ensure data is retransmitted if an acknowledgement is not received.
B.
To reassemble segments in the correct order at the destination device.
C.
To provide a means for the receiver to govern the amount of data sent by the sender.
D.
To regulate the size of each segment.
Flow Control: The process of regulating the amount of data sent by a sending computer toward a receiving computer. Several flow control mechanisms exist, including TCP flow control, which uses windowing.
In data communications, flow control is the process of managing the rate of data transmission between two nodes to prevent a fast sender from overwhelming a slow receiver.