XMPP

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Initialism of extensible messaging and presence protocol, a communications protocol for message-oriented middleware based on XML.

Less commonScrabble 17

Meanings

proper noun
  1. InternetabbreviationinitialismInitialism of extensible messaging and presence protocol, a communications protocol for message-oriented middleware based on XML.
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    The app uses XMPP to communicate, a long-established protocol for sending instant messages. On top of that, Anom wrapped messages in a layer of encryption. XMPP works by having each contact use a handle that in some way looks like an email address. For Anom, these included an XMPP account for the customer support channel that Anom users could contact. Another of these was bot.

    2022 July 7, Joseph Cox, “This Is the Code the FBI Used to Wiretap the World”, in VICE
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APA

XMPP. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/XMPP

MLA

“XMPP.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/XMPP. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “XMPP,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/XMPP.

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