Comet

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Comet is a World Wide Web application architecture in which a web server sends data to a client program (normally a web browser) asynchronously without any need for the client to explicitly request it. It allows creation of event-driven web applications, enabling real-time interaction which would otherwise require much more work. Though the term Comet was coined in 2006, the idea is several years older, and has been called various names, including server push, HTTP push, HTTP streaming, Pushlets, Reverse Ajax, and others.

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[edit] Presentations about Comet

• Comet Moving towards a real-time Web given by Simon Willison at Highland Fling 2008 on April 3, 2008

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