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.htmlHTTPS- Hyper Text Transfer Protocol Secure. This type of protocol is used to transfer secure documents. It is sent over TCP/IP port 443 instead of port 80 which is used for http addresses. Basically it means that documents are locked and not accessible to all parties.
server name / file name / subfile / document name
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