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What, Why and How # What is WebRTC? # WebRTC, short for Web Real-Time Communication, is both an API and a Protocol. The WebRTC protocol is a set of rules for two WebRTC agents to negotiate bi-directional secure real-time communication. The WebRTC API then allows developers to use the WebRTC protocol. The WebRTC API is specified only for JavaScript. A similar relationship would be the one between HTTP and the Fetch API.

What, Why and How # What is WebRTC? # WebRTC, short for Web Real-Time Communication, is both an API and a Protocol. The WebRTC protocol is a set of rules for two WebRTC agents to negotiate bi-directional secure real-time communication. The WebRTC API then allows developers to use the WebRTC protocol. The WebRTC API is specified only for JavaScript. A similar relationship would be the one between HTTP and the Fetch API. The WebRTC protocol would be HTTP, and the WebRTC API would be the Fetch API. The WebRTC protocol is available in other APIs and languages besides JavaScript. You can find serve

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