10 lines
650 B
HTML
10 lines
650 B
HTML
<!-- Reading School 2018, HTML page by Matthew Grove, Year 10 -->
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<h2>HTTP</h2>
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<p>
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HTTP is Hypertext Transfer (or Transport) Protocol, the underlying data transfer protocol used on the World Wide Web.
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It defines what actions web servers and browsers should take in response to commands. For example, when a URL is opened
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or hyperlink (which is a URL) clicked, your web browser actually sends an HTTP request to the server which hosts the website you're
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trying to access, in order to fetch it and display it on your screen. Obviously, for each web server to understand these requests,
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the server and request must both follow this protocol.
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</p>
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