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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
In the URL http://www.microsoft.com/surface, the portion labeled “http” is the ____
A
protocol
B
domain name
C
path
D
top-level domain
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -HTTPS uses an encryption protocol to encrypt communications. The protocol is called Transport Layer Security (TLS), although formerly it was known as Secure Sockets Layer (SSL). This protocol secures communications by using what’s known as an asymmetric public key infrastructure.

Detailed explanation-2: -What is HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol)? The Hypertext Transfer Protocol is an application protocol for distributed, collaborative, hypermedia information systems that allows users to communicate data on the World Wide Web.

Detailed explanation-3: -The development of the World Wide Web was begun in 1989 by Tim Berners-Lee and his colleagues at CERN, an international scientific organization based in Geneva, Switzerland. They created a protocol, HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP), which standardized communication between servers and clients.

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