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Understand the essential concepts behind every PubNub-powered app in 5 minutes.


Over the next few steps, you'll interact with all of the core concepts that power PubNub applications and understand things like naming conventions and how PubNub works under the hood.

Every PubNub-powered app uses the concepts introduced here, whether you’re using PubNub for chat, geolocation, IoT, or anything else!

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