Glossary

Realtime API

An API enabling bidirectional, low-latency streaming of audio and text data for real-time interactive applications.

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Related terms

Chat Completions API

An API for generating conversational AI responses by sending a sequence of chat messages to a language model.

Responses API

An API endpoint designed to manage, format, and return model-generated responses and computational outputs.

Assistant Agent

An AI agent designed to assist users by understanding requests, providing information, and performing tasks through conversation, tools, and automation.

Streaming Protocol

A network protocol designed for continuous real-time data transmission between clients and servers with minimal latency.

WebSocket

A network protocol providing full-duplex, real-time communication channels over a single TCP connection.

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