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The process described in the question is known as Transport Layer Protocol. Specifically, this could refer to the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP), which is responsible for ensuring reliable and ordered delivery of data between two devices over an IP network.
TCP achieves this by implementing mechanisms like sequencing, acknowledgement, retransmission, and flow control. It breaks the data into packets, assigns sequence numbers to each packet, and sends them over the network. The receiving device acknowledges the receipt of each packet, and in case of missing or corrupted packets, TCP initiates retransmission. It also ensures that packets are reassembled and delivered to the receiving application in the correct order.