> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://nan03s-organization.gitbook.io/chromium/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://nan03s-organization.gitbook.io/chromium/en/general_architecture.md).

# General Architecture

* [General Architecture](/chromium/en/general_architecture.md)
  * [Conventions and patterns for multi-platform development](/chromium/en/general_architecture/conventions_and_patterns_for_multi-platform_development.md)
  * [Extension Security Architecture](/chromium/en/general_architecture/extension_security_architecture.md): How the extension system helps reduce the severity of extension vulnerabilities
  * [HW Video Acceleration in Chrom{e,ium}{,OS}](/chromium/en/general_architecture/hw_video_acceleration_in_chrom-eium-os.md)
  * [Inter-process Communication](/chromium/en/general_architecture/inter-process_communication.md): How the browser, renderer, and plugin processes communicate
  * [Multi-process Resource Loading](/chromium/en/general_architecture/multi-process_resource_loading.md): How pages and images are loaded from the network into the renderer
  * [Plugin Architecture](/chromium/en/general_architecture/plugin_architecture.md)
  * [Process Models](/chromium/en/general_architecture/process_models.md): Our strategies for creating new renderer processes
  * [Profile Architecture](/chromium/en/general_architecture/profile_architecture.md)
  * [SafeBrowsing](/chromium/en/general_architecture/safebrowsing.md)
  * [Sandbox](/chromium/en/general_architecture/sandbox.md)
  * [Security Architecture](/chromium/en/general_architecture/security_architecture.md): How Chromium's sandboxed rendering engine helps protect against malware
  * [Startup](/chromium/en/general_architecture/startup.md)
  * [Threading](/chromium/en/general_architecture/threading.md): How to use threads in Chromium Also see the documentation for [V8](http://code.google.com/apis/v8/), which is the JavaScript engine used within Chromium.