
protobuf
Efficient, language-neutral data serialization for structured communication.
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Protocol Buffers is Google's mechanism for serializing structured data into a compact binary format. It solves the problem of efficient, cross-language data exchange for services and applications, enabling faster and smaller payloads than formats like XML or JSON. It is primarily for developers building distributed systems, APIs, and applications that require high-performance communication between components written in different programming languages.