Update README.md

Added a section on protocol.
dadabin · Jan 17, 2015 · 7719286 · 7719286
1 parent 79daae3
commit 7719286
Showing 1 changed file with 13 additions and 0 deletions.
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
@@ -16,3 +16,16 @@ distributed applications and services. The libraries in this repository
 provide a concrete implementation of the gRPC protocol, layered over HTTP/2.
 These libraries enable communication between clients and servers using any
 combination of the supported languages. 
+
+Developers using gRPC typically start with the description of an RPC service
+(a collection of methods), and generate client and server side interfaces
+which they use on the client-side and implement on the server side.
+
+Protocol
+--------
+
+The gRPC protocol specifies the abstract requirements for communication between
+clients and servers. A concrete embedding over HTTP/2 completes the picture by
+fleshing out the details of each of the required operations.
+
+