ARCHIVED: What is HTTP?
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HTTP, short for HyperText Transfer Protocol, is the protocol for
transferring hypertext documents that makes the World Wide
Web possible. A standard web address (such as
http://www.google.com/) is called a
URL; the prefix (http in the example)
indicates its protocol.
For more, see Hypertext Transfer Protocol Bis.
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Last modified on 2018-01-18 10:16:18.