MULTINET Programming Socket_Library_Functions socket_option_TCP_NODELAY Disables the Nagle algorithm (RFC 896) which causes TCP to have, at most, one outstanding unacknowledged small segment. By default, the Nagle algorithm is enabled, delaying small segments of output data up to 200 ms so that they can be packaged into larger segments. If you enable TCP_NODELAY, TCP sends small segments as soon as possible, without waiting for acknowledgments from the receiver or for the 200 ms TCP fast timer to expire. Format Status = setsockopt(VMS_Channel, IPPROTO_TCP, TCP_NODELAY, On, sizeof(*On)); unsigned int *On;