protobuf
- Is a: serialization rpc
- Description: a way of encoding structured data in an efficient yet extensible format. Google uses Protocol Buffers for almost all of its internal RPC protocols and file formats.
- Source: google
- Comparable to: thrift avro msgpack bson
- Homepage: http://code.google.com/p/protobuf/
- Manual: http://code.google.com/apis/protocolbuffers/docs/overview.html