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 QUIC, a multiplexed stream transport over UDP
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-QUIC is an experimental protocol aimed at reducing web latency over that of TCP.
+QUIC is an standardised protocol conforming with [RFC 9000](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc9000) aimed at reducing web latency over that of TCP.
 On the surface, QUIC is very similar to TCP+TLS+SPDY implemented on UDP. Because
 TCP is implemented in operating system kernels, and middlebox firmware, making
 significant changes to TCP is next to impossible. However, since QUIC is built