Hypertext transfer protocol

HTTP or HyperText Transfer Protocol is used for communication on the World Wide Web based on the client-server model(request-response) using a web-browser.

It’s pretty simple – the client(webbrowser) submits an HTTP request to the server(webserver) and the server, which stores HTML files, images or other files, responds accordingly.

So if an client types the address of this website in his/her browser, the browser acts as an client and submits an HTTP request to the web server where this website is stored on. When the webserver receives his/her request through the HTTP protocol – it will respond accordingly.

Each request made by the client is based on a URI(Uniform resource identifier) which the HTTP protocol uses to make the server respond accordingly.

Example URI

http://online-source.net/

Note that “http” is the protocol used here.

HTTP is not only used on the World Wide Web but also on local networks – called Intranet(often used in corporations).

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