Congestion Control vs Flow Control

Congestion Control: Oh no I am shooting too many bullets I must decrease the number of bullets I shoot Flow Control: Oh no I am getting hit by too many bullets I must tell him to decrease the number of bullets I am being shot by

A two-panel cartoon shows two cowboys shooting at each other in a Western desert. The joke contrasts congestion control, where the sender reduces the bullets it shoots, with flow control, where the receiver asks the sender to reduce the bullets being sent. It is used as a humorous analogy for the difference between these networking concepts.

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