Editing TCP offload engine (section)

===Parallel-stack full offload===
Parallel-stack full offload gets its name from the concept of two parallel TCP/IP Stacks. The first is the main host stack which is included with the host OS. The second or "parallel stack" is connected between the [[Internet protocol suite#Application layer|Application Layer]] and the [[Internet protocol suite#Transport layer|Transport Layer (TCP)]] using a "vampire tap". The vampire tap intercepts TCP connection requests by applications and is responsible for TCP connection management as well as TCP data transfer. Many of the criticisms in the following section relate to this type of TCP offload.