COMPUTER NETWORKING

TRANSPORT LAYER

TRANSMISSION CONTROL PROTOCOL TCP

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Define Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
A
Protocol that manages the individual conversations.
B
Protocol that encapsulates the TCP segments into packets, assigns addresses, and delivers to the destination host.
C
An application protocol that governs the way a web server and a web client interact.
D
Allows communication over a data link and the physical transmission of data on the network media.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -What is HTTP? HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol) is the set of rules for transferring files–such as text, images, sound, video and other multimedia files–over the web. As soon as a user opens their web browser, they are indirectly using HTTP.

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: -Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) is an application-layer protocol for transmitting hypermedia documents, such as HTML. It was designed for communication between web browsers and web servers, but it can also be used for other purposes.

Detailed explanation-4: -HTTP & Client-Server Communication. Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) is the protocol that web browsers and web servers use “under the hood” to communicate with each other over the Internet. It is text based. HTTP is a protocol which allows the fetching of resources, such as HTML documents.

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