HTTP

HTTP is the protocol that a Web browser uses to access and retrieve Web pages. All World Wide Web pages are transferred over the Internet using this system. Web addresses (or URLs) begin with the letters http:// - this lets the browser know it is suppose to be accessing a Web server. The Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) is an application-level protocol with the lightness and speed necessary for distributed, collaborative, hypermedia information systems. HTTP has been in use by the world-wide Web global information initiative since 1990.

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