Hypertext Transfer Protocol
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Hypertext Transfer Protocol
[′hī·pər‚tekst ′tranz·fər ‚prōd·ə‚kȯl] (computer science)
The communication protocol for transmitting linked documents between computers; it is the basis for the World Wide Web and follows the TCP/IP protocol for the client-server model of computing. Abbreviated HTTP.
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Hypertext Transfer Protocol
(protocol)(HTTP) The client-server TCP/IP protocol used
on the World-Wide Web for the exchange of HTML documents.
It conventionally uses port 80.
Latest version: HTTP 1.1, defined in RFC 2068, as of May 1997.
See also Uniform Resource Locator.
Latest version: HTTP 1.1, defined in RFC 2068, as of May 1997.
See also Uniform Resource Locator.
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