Definition of Hypertext transfer protocol

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HyperText Transfer Protocol
protocol used to view World Wide Web sites on the Internet

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Hypertext Transfer Protocol Definition from Computer & Internet Dictionaries & Glossaries

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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.
Current version: HTTP 1.1, defined in RFC 2068, as of May 1997.
See also Uniform Resource Locator.
(1994-10-27)

Smart Card Terms
HTTP
The protocol for moving hypertext files across the Internet between a server and a browser.

WebGuest Web Glossary
HTTP - Hypertext Transfer Protocol
The World Wide Web protocol for moving hypertext (HTML ) files across the Internet .

Jensen's Technology Glossary
HTTP
The abbreviation for HyperText Transfer Protocol, HTTP is used to link and transfer hypertext documents. The secured socket extension is HTTPs for HyperText Transfer Protocol Secure (has SSL underneath HTTP. Another extension is HTTPd standing for Hypertext transfer protocol Daemon . This protocol can be used to customize web searches and handle response forms on web documents.

JAVA (2EE-ENglos) ACRONIMS
HTTP
Hypertext Transfer Protocol. The Internet protocol used to fetch hypertext objects from remote hosts. HTTP messages consist of requests from client to server and responses from server to client.

Noman's Java(TM) Glossary
HTTP
HyperText Transfer Protocol. The Internet protocol, based on TCP/IP, used to fetch hypertext objects from remote hosts.

XML Acronym Demystifier
HTTP

Hypertext Transfer Protocol
The Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) is an application-level protocol for distributed, collaborative, hypermedia information systems. It is a generic, stateless, protocol which can be used for many tasks beyond its use for hypertext, such as name servers and distributed object management systems, through extension of its request methods, error codes and headers [47]. A feature of HTTP is the typing and negotiation of data representation, allowing systems to be built independently of the data being transferred.
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The Internet Dictionary
HTTP
(HyperText Transfer Protocol) The client-server protocol upon which the World Wide Web is based.


Hypertext Transfer Protocol Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries

WordNet 2.0
hypertext transfer protocol

Noun
1. a protocol (utilizing TCP) to transfer hypertext requests and information between servers and browsers
(synonym) HTTP
(hypernym) protocol, communications protocol

hEnglish - advanced version
hypertext transfer protocol

hypertext transfer protocol
n : a protocol (utilizing tcp) to transfer hypertext requests and information between servers and browsers [syn: http]





Hypertext Transfer Protocol Definition from Science & Technology Dictionaries & Glossaries

Telecommunication Standard Terms
Hypertext Transfer Protocol
See HTTP.


Hypertext Transfer Protocol Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries

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Hypertext Transfer Protocol
Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) is a communications protocol used to transfer or convey information on the World Wide Web. Its original purpose was to provide a way to publish and retrieve HTML hypertext pages. Development of HTTP was coordinated by the W3C (World Wide Web Consortium) and the IETF (Internet Engineering Task Force), culminating in the publication of a series of RFCs, most notably RFC 2616 (June 1999), which defines HTTP/1.1, the version of HTTP in common use.

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