TCP
TCPAlso called: Transmission Control Protocol
A core transport protocol that establishes reliable, ordered, and error-checked delivery of stream data between applications.
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A lightweight, connectionless transport protocol that transmits data packets across networks without establishing a prior connection.
QUICQUICA transport layer network protocol designed to reduce latency and improve connection performance over UDP.
HTTPHTTPThe Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) is an application-layer communication protocol used to exchange requests and responses between clients and servers over a network, forming the foundation of web APIs, websites, and distributed applications.
WebSocketA network protocol providing full-duplex, real-time communication channels over a single TCP connection.
gRPCgRPCA high-performance remote procedure call (RPC) framework that uses Protocol Buffers for interface definition and data serialization, enabling efficient, strongly typed communication between distributed applications and services.