What's the major difference between WebSocket and http protocol?

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What are the major difference between between WebSocket and http protocol ? How is WebSocket protocol different than http?

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Sneha

[This answer](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14703627/websockets-protocol-vs-http/14711517#14711517) covers the differences pretty well. — kanaka, Feb 27 '13 at 15:11

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 27 '13 at 12:02

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WebSockets are totally different than http. It only uses http-like communication for initial handshake.

answered Feb 27 '13 at 12:02

Zaffy

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