Browser makers are excited about a new technology called Web Sockets, but some are scrambling after an early version raised a security problem. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and ...

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Thanks to its chattiness, the traditional communications protocol for shuttling data around the World Wide Web is not very efficient. Now an HTML5-related standard called WebSocket could cut some of ...

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WebSockets is a network communication protocol that enables two-way client-server communication. WebSockets are often used for applications that require instantaneous updates, using a persistent ...

The way we interact with web applications is evolving rapidly, and real-time communication is at the heart of this transformation. In an era where instant messaging, live streaming, and collaborative ...

WebSockets implement fast, secure, bi-directional, full duplex communication between a client and a server to support real-time, low-latency messaging A web socket is a TCP socket connection between ...