!!! Overview[1][2][3] [{$pagename}] ([protobuf]) is a [Google] developed [Open Source] as a language-neutral, platform-neutral, extensible way of serializing [Structured data] for use in [communications] [protocols], [data storage|Data Store|DataStore], and more.[{$pagename}] is a method involves an [Interface Description Language] that describes the structure of some [data] and a [Application] that generates source code from that description for generating or parsing a stream of bytes that represents the [Structured data].!! More Information There might be more information for this subject on one of the following: [{ReferringPagesPlugin before='*' after='\n' }] ---- * [#1] - [Protocol Buffers|https://developers.google.com/protocol-buffers/docs/overview|target='_blank'] - based on information obtained 2018-06-13- * [#2] - [Protocol_Buffers|Wikipedia:Protocol_Buffers|target='_blank'] - based on information obtained 2018-06-13- * [#2] - [Google protobuf|https://github.com/google/protobuf|target='_blank'] - based on information obtained 2018-06-13-