FUNDAMENTALS OF COMPUTER

WEB BROWSERS TECHNOLOGY

WORLD WIDE WEB

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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]

Sabrina creates a Web site. She wants to know which protocol her Web browser uses to display Web pages. Which of he following protocols does a Web browser use?

A	File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
B	Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
C	Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP)
D	Internet Protocol (IP)

Explanation:

Detailed explanation-1: -HTTP is a protocol for fetching resources such as HTML documents. It is the foundation of any data exchange on the Web and it is a client-server protocol, which means requests are initiated by the recipient, usually the Web browser.

Detailed explanation-2: -The correct answer is HTTP. The protocol used between a web server and a web browser to transfer HTML pages is called HTTP. The Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) is an application layer protocol in the Internet protocol suite model for distributed, collaborative, hypermedia information systems.

Detailed explanation-3: -Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) is a method for encoding and transporting information between a client (such as a web browser) and a web server.

Detailed explanation-4: -Simply put, HTTP is the protocol that enables communication online, transferring data from one machine to another. WWW is the set of linked hypertext documents that can be viewed on a web browser (such as Google Chrome, Firefox, and more). A major similarity, though, is that both HTTP and WWW are used in website URLs.

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