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'''HPACK''' is a compression algorithm introduced in [[HTTP]]/2, allowing reduction in the amount of header material transmitted in a series of web requests. It permits the omission of repetitive headers when many requests are made of the same server.

== Spec ==
* RFC 7541

== Links ==
* [https://blog.cloudflare.com/hpack-the-silent-killer-feature-of-http-2/ HPACK: the silent killer (feature) of HTTP/2]
* [https://www.mnot.net/blog/2018/11/27/header_compression Designing Headers for HTTP Compression]

[[Category:Compression]]