{"id":12990,"date":"2013-09-16T17:43:51","date_gmt":"2013-09-16T17:43:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/web-real-time-communications\/"},"modified":"2013-09-16T17:43:51","modified_gmt":"2013-09-16T17:43:51","slug":"web-real-time-communications","status":"publish","type":"definition","link":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/29312\/web-real-time-communications-webrtc","title":{"rendered":"Web Real-Time Communications"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span id=\"what_does_web_real-time_communications_mean\">What Does Web Real-Time Communications Mean?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Web Real-Time Communication (WebRTC) is an open-source and free project that aims to embed real-time voice, data, video and instant messaging capabilities through Javascript APIs within Web browsers. <\/p>\n<p>It is a project conceived and managed by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) to enable browser-to-browser communications without the need for additional plug-ins\/utilities.<\/p>\n<h2><span id=\"techopedia_explains_web_real-time_communications\">Techopedia Explains Web Real-Time Communications<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>WebRTC is primarily designed to enable users with multi-platform, or similar browsers, to interact with each other using voice, text and video communications. 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