HTTP

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HTTP

  1. (Internet, networking) Initialism of Hypertext Transfer Protocol (the protocol used most commonly to transfer Web pages and accompanying data over the Internet)
    • 1996 May, T. Berners-Lee, R. Fielding, H. Frystyk, “Hypertext Transfer Protocol – HTTP/1.0”, in RFC Editor, →ISSN, RFC 1945:
      The Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) is an application-level protocol with the lightness and speed necessary for distributed, collaborative, hypermedia information systems.

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