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Correct, but they are not the foundation of the Web -- HTTP is, and web specification writers are only concerned with creating APIs for the web platform (hence

by Andrex 7y ago

Correct, but they are not the foundation of the Web -- HTTP is, and web specification writers are only concerned with creating APIs for the web platform (hence why Web Sockets is an upgraded HTTP connection, not lower level like raw TCP or UDP.)