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gRPC

A high-performance, open-source universal RPC framework built on top of Protocol Buffers and HTTP/2.

Definition

A high-performance, open-source universal RPC framework built on top of Protocol Buffers and HTTP/2.

Use case

Enabling fast, low-latency cross-language communication between microservices.

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Documentation

Introduction to gRPC

gRPC · Docs · link checked 2026-10-16

Fast service-to-service calls with contracts instead of JSON.

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