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by wmf 1418 days ago
No, despite the name WebSockets are not plain TCP.
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jjtheblunt 1418 days ago
They're an http protocol for setting one up, you mean?

First sentence at this article:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WebSocket

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jhugo 1418 days ago
No, they're more than that. After you upgrade to WebSocket you still have to speak the WebSocket protocol over TCP. It includes message framing — with different defined message types, masking, ping/pong, an extension system (including for example optional per-message compression), ...
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