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http

HyperText Transfer Protocol.  An Internet protocol or language.  It transmits information between a web browser or client and the Internet server. It is a simple protocol used to move html or hypertext documents across the Internet.  This is the most common protocol on the Internet.
For a more detailed description see HTTP Made Really Easy:  A Practical Guide to Writing Clients and Servers
Relevance:  Most common Internet sites begin with protocol although when using Netscape, http:// does not need to be typed as part of the address because it is assumed to be there.

HTTP - Commonly known as HyperText Transfer Protocol, it is the set of rules that defines how information is exchanged on the internet. This information consists of graphics, text, sound, video, and other multimedia. The HTTP concept relies on the idea that files contain references to other files, and when necessary, these files can be transferred to a web browser, where they can be translated. This web browser, also known as an http daemon, waits for http requests, and translates them from their html language. So the web browser is a http client, sending these requests as the user makes them. Once the request is made, the browser sends the information to the Internet Protocol address defined by the URL, and there the request is processed and returned.

by Michael Marassa

HTTP- HyperText Transfer Protocol.  (protocol is the behavior that computers follow in order to communicate) HTTP is how information is transferred on the World Wide Web.  Each web address begins with HTTP.  The web server you request in the address then sends you the requested html page.
 http://lrs.ed.uiuc.edu/students/esanford/telnet.html
          server name / folder name / subfolder name / document name

by Liz Sanford

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