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TCP window scale option
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<p> The TCP window scale option is an option to increase the <a href="/facts/Receive_window/2oyRt5sL">receive window</a> size allowed in <a href="/facts/Transmission_Control_Protocol/WW4sPrt9">Transmission Control Protocol</a> above its former maximum value of 65,535 bytes. This TCP option, along with several others, is defined in <a href="/facts/RFC_(identifier)/esftTvE7">RFC</a> <a href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc7323">7323</a> which deals with <a href="/facts/Long_fat_network/72txR7o3">long fat networks</a> (LFNs). </p>