Protobuf

formats

Protocol Buffers — Google's language-neutral, platform-neutral extensible mechanism for serialising structured data.

Pronunciation

Correct

PRO-toh-buf

/ˈproʊtoʊbʌf/

Short for 'Protocol Buffers'. PRO as in protocol, toh as a short connector, buf as in buffer. Google's own engineers use this pronunciation.

Source: protobuf.dev(official docs)