Question

The timer prevents a long idle connection between two tcps and is called

Answer 1

Answer:

a keep alive timer

Explanation:

keep alive is a signal sent from one device to another to maintain a connection between the two devices.

Answer 2

Explanation:

The timer prevents a long idle connection between two TCPs is called as keep alive timer. TCP stands for Transmission Control Protocol. The keep alive is referred as a message that is sent by any device to the other device for checking whether the link between these two is operating or not. It also prevents the link to be broken.