Abstract: Data transfer, synchronizing applications, and low latency networks are disclosed. An example method includes maintaining a first buffer in a first computing device, the first buffer to receive discrete units of data from a second computing device; maintaining a second buffer in the first computing device, the second buffer to store size data identifying a size of respective ones of the discrete units of data received from the second computing device; and reading from the first buffer according to a first value of a first pointer and a corresponding one of the sizes stored in the second buffer.

Abstract: Data transfer, synchronizing applications, and low latency networks are disclosed. An example method includes comparing a first address of a first data item of a first data burst to a second address of a last data item of a second data burst received before the first data burst; and, when the first address sequentially follows the second address, combining the first and second data bursts to form a third data burst.