COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
COMPUTER NETWORKING
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Hypertext tracing protocol
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Hypertext transfer protocol
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Hypertext transfer program
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -HTTP, in full HyperText Transfer Protocol, standard application-level protocol used for exchanging files on the World Wide Web. HTTP runs on top of the TCP/IP protocol and (later) on the QUIC protocol.
Detailed explanation-2: -Answer: (c) Hypertext transfer protocol. Explanation: The term HTTP stands for Hypertext transfer protocol.
Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -HTTP is the foundation of data communication for the World Wide Web, where hypertext documents include hyperlinks to other resources that the user can easily access, for example by a mouse click or by tapping the screen in a web browser.
Detailed explanation-5: -Tim Berners-Lee and his team at CERN are credited with inventing the original HTTP, along with HTML and the associated technology for a web server and a client user interface called web browser.