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  • Canvas API

    The Canvas API is a browser interface for drawing 2D graphics, text and images pixel by pixel into an HTML canvas element using JavaScript.

  • Server-sent events

    Server-sent events are a web API that lets a server push a continuous stream of text messages to the browser over one long-lived HTTP response.

  • Web push

    Web push lets a server send messages to a browser through a push service, so a site can show notifications even when its page is closed.

  • WebGL

    WebGL is a browser JavaScript API, based on OpenGL ES, that renders hardware-accelerated 2D and 3D graphics inside an HTML canvas element.

  • WebGPU

    WebGPU is a browser API that gives web pages modern, low-overhead access to the GPU for both 3D rendering and general-purpose compute shaders.

  • WebRTC

    WebRTC is the set of Web APIs and protocols that lets browsers exchange real-time audio, video and data directly between peers with low latency.

  • WebSocket

    WebSocket is a web protocol and browser API that keeps one TCP connection open so client and server can exchange messages in both directions with low…