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The Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) is an application-level protocol for distributed, collaborative hypermedia information systems on the internet. It is a stateless, generic protocol that is connectionless and media-independent. HTTP uses a request/response model where clients like web browsers and search engines make requests to servers, which respond with status information and requested content.

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Ajwt Notes

The Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) is an application-level protocol for distributed, collaborative hypermedia information systems on the internet. It is a stateless, generic protocol that is connectionless and media-independent. HTTP uses a request/response model where clients like web browsers and search engines make requests to servers, which respond with status information and requested content.

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OVER VIEW OF HTTP

The Hyper text Transfer Protocol (http) is an application level


protocol for distributed , collaborative , hypermedia information systems. This is
the foundation for data communication for the world wide web(i.e. internet)since
1990.HTTP is a generic and stateless protocol which can be used for other
purposes as well using extensions of its request methods, error codes and
headers.

BASIC FEATURES
There are three basic features that make HTTP a simple but powerful protocol:

 HHTP is connectionless
 HTTP is media independent
 HHTP is stateless
The http protocol is a request /response protocol based on the client/server based
architecture where web browser , robots and search engines etc. act like HTTP
clients and the web server acts as a server.

Client
The HTTP client sends a request to the server in the form of a request to the
server in the form of a request method , URI , and protocol version ,followed by a
MIME-like message containing request modifiers , client information, and possible
body content over a TCP/IP connection.

Server
The HHTP server responds with a status line, including the message’s protocol
version and a success or error code ,followed by MIME-like message containing
server information, entity meta information, and possible entity-body content .

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