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What is MQTT?

Message Queuing Telemetry Transport

MQTT is a lightweight publish/subscribe messaging protocol built for constrained devices and unreliable networks, making it a common choice for sending IoT sensor data to the cloud efficiently.

MQTT's small footprint and decoupled publish/subscribe model let thousands of devices exchange data through a central broker with minimal bandwidth — a workhorse of IoT platforms.

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