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		jensvdh on Dec 29, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: UDP vs TCP HTTP is built on top of TCP. Websockets are TCP connections.

simplehuman on Dec 29, 2016 [–]

So? TCP cannot be used directly in the browser by applications authors. It's an abstraction.

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