Hypertext Transfer Protocol: Difference between revisions
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
(using an external editor) |
m (→Links) |
||
Line 22: | Line 22: | ||
[[Category: Technologies]] | [[Category: Technologies]] | ||
[[Category: Standards]] | [[Category: Standards]] | ||
[[Category: Networking]] |
Revision as of 18:15, 28 March 2007
Definition
HTTP defines how a web server and a client (e.g. a web browser) communicate. It is one of the most important applications layer standards of the Internet.
According to [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HttpWikipedia], “Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) is a method used to transfer or convey information on the World Wide Web. Its original purpose was to provide a way to publish and retrieve HTML pages. Development of HTTP was coordinated by the World Wide Web Consortium and the Internet Engineering Task Force, culminating in the publication of a series of RFCs, most notably RFC 2616 (1999), which defines HTTP/1.1, the version of HTTP in common use today. (retrieved 17:57, 28 March 2007 (MEST))”
Links
- Standards
- Introductory texts
- Wikipedia HTTP article
- Other
- HTTP Status Codes (e.g. the numbers you see in your navigator when something goes wrong)