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protobuf

Name: protobuf
Rating: 4 (1 reviews)

Data serialization format for structured data. Mainly used for communication between microservices and storage optimization.

01_CORE_FEATURES

Feature	Protobuf	Thrift	Avro
Language support	Multi-language	Multi-language	Java, Python, others
Schema evolution	Yes	Limited	Yes
Data format	Binary	Binary/JSON	Binary/JSON
Ideal use case	Microservices	RPC services	Big data storage

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