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  1. Reference
  2. stdio transport

Glossary

stdio transport

The MCP transport for local servers run as subprocesses of the host. Remote servers use Streamable HTTP instead.

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  • Model Context Protocol and tool ecosystemsTools and agents

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Terms explained in the same lessons.

  • MCP client
  • MCP host
  • MCP server
  • MCP tools, resources and prompts
  • Model Context Protocol (MCP)
  • Streamable HTTP
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