What is ACK Timer?

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J

Hi,

I would like to know the meaning of the term, ACK Timer.
Is it same as Retransmission TImer?
Or is it same as Delayed ACK Timer?

I saw a formula which says that in a connection-oriented network, the
time taken for a sw to accept an application data and delivering to the
destination API = (No. of retries allowed for the connection) * (ACK
Timer) + max latency for the socket. In this context, I would like to
know the meaning of ACK Timer.

Thanks,
J
 
ACK

(ACKnowledgment code) The communications code sent from a receiving station
to a transmitting station to indicate that it is ready to accept data. It is
also used to acknowlege the error-free receipt of transmitted data.
 
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