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NaCl modules interacted with the browser using the . Unlike the older NPAPI (Netscape Plugin API), which was notorious for security vulnerabilities and stability issues, PPAPI was built from the ground up to be more secure and easier to run in a separate process. PPAPI allowed NaCl modules to handle tasks like:

NaCl changed this landscape by allowing developers to compile native C/C++ code into a secure architecture-specific executable ( .nexe ). The browser could then run this executable directly. This bypassed the performance limitations of JavaScript at the time. Core Architecture and Sandboxing nacl-web-plug-in

The quest to run native, high-performance code inside a web browser without compromising security is as old as the modern web itself. In the early 2010s, Google introduced , a sandboxing technology designed to run compiled C and C++ code directly in the browser at near-native speeds. NaCl modules interacted with the browser using the

Applications ran at roughly 85% to 97% of the speed of a traditional desktop application. The browser could then run this executable directly