Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) is a communications protocol used to transfer or convey information on intranets and the World Wide Web. Its original purpose was to provide a way to publish and retrieve hypertext pages. Development of HTTP was coordinated by the W3C (World Wide Web Consortium) and the IETF (Internet Engineering Task Force), culminating in the publication of a series of RFCs, most notably RFC 2616 (June 1999), which defines HTTP/1.1, the version of HTTP in common use.

Answered by Adi , an ibibo Advisor, at 4:08 AM on December 11, 2007

HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol) is the set of rules for transferring files (text, graphic images, sound, video, and other multimedia files) on the World Wide Web. As soon as a Web user opens their Web browser, the user is indirectly making use of HTTP. HTTP is an application protocol that runs on top of the TCP/IP suite of protocols (the foundation protocols for the Internet). HTTP concepts include (as the Hypertext part of the name implies) the idea that files can contain references to other files whose selection will elicit additional transfer requests. Any Web server machine contains, in addition to the Web page files it can serve, an HTTP daemon, a program that is designed to wait for HTTP requests and handle them when they arrive. Your Web browser is an HTTP client, sending requests to server machines. When the browser user enters file requests by either "opening" a Web file (typing in a Uniform Resource Locator or URL) or clicking on a hypertext link, the browser builds an HTTP request and sends it to the Internet Protocol address (IP address) indicated by the URL. The HTTP daemon in the destination server machine receives the request and sends back the requested file or files associated with the request. (A Web page often consists of more than one file.) The latest version of HTTP is HTTP 1.1.

Answered by expert , an ibibo Specialist, at 8:13 PM on December 09, 2007

Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) is a communications protocol used to transfer or convey information on intranets and the World Wide Web. Its original purpose was to provide a way to publish and retrieve hypertext pages. Development of HTTP was coordinated by the W3C (World Wide Web Consortium) and the IETF (Internet Engineering Task Force), culminating in the publication of a series of RFCs, most notably RFC 2616 (June 1999), which defines HTTP/1.1, the version of HTTP in common use.

Answered by pooja , an ibibo Master, at 7:55 PM on December 09, 2007

HTTP is a communications protocol used to transfer or convey information on intranets and the World Wide Web.

Answered by Aditya.S , an ibibo Specialist, at 7:55 PM on December 09, 2007

HTTP: stands for HyperText Transfer Protocol. This may sound very complex, but it is just the name of the method that is used to send a page or pages containing hypertext from one computer to another.

Answered by nisha , an ibibo Master, at 6:12 PM on December 09, 2007

HTTP is "Hyper Text Transfer Protocol", its a protocol or "language" computers use to send web pages over the internet. its a standard application-level protocol used for exchanging files on the World Wide Web. HTTP runs on top of the TCP/IP protocol. Web browsers are HTTP clients that send file requests to Web servers, which in turn handle the requests via an HTTP service.

Answered by saixaero , an ibibo Master, at 3:33 PM on December 09, 2007

http stands for hypertext transfer protocl.a protocol is a set o rules. http is used in the web for hypertext transfer

Answered by drive100 , an ibibo Citizen, at 1:28 PM on December 09, 2007