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eXtensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP), or Jabber, is a communications Protocol that aims to help connect different kinds of messaging platforms or Middleware. Built on eXtensible Markup Language (XML), this protocol is sometimes called “Jabber,” which is technically a service based on XMPP, and provides an open standard for engineering messaging compatibility.

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