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Difference between HTML and HTTP


HTML stands for HyperText Markup Language and is one of the basic tools any webmaster
or web designer uses while HTTP stands for HyperText Transfer Protocol and is a tool used in
browsing the web. It would be helpful for anyone designing web sources to clearly understand the
relation between HTML and HTTP to comprehend what each of them does in the process of
contributing to the web page. This article explains these two technologies to show how they differ and
the various ways they assist in the functioning of the Internet.

What is HTML?
HTML stands for HyperText Markup Language and this is the standard language used to develop the
contents of the page. This includes the layout of the different components of web pages, including
headings, paragraphs, images, links and other media type.

Advantages of HTML
 Universal Language: HTML is fully supported by all known browsers and that makes it a
standard for authoring any web contents.
 Easy to Learn: HTML is not complicated to learn and implemented and it is more suitable for
usage by novices and low-level programmers to the experts.
 Flexibility: HTML when integrated with CSS and JavaScript, one can easily design a web page,
which appears more dynamic and interesting in its look and feel.

Disadvantages of HTML
 Static Nature: As it stands, HTML is passive so it lacks capability to perform a function or
interact with users except with the support of other technologies such as JavaScript.
 Limited Functionality: HTML alone can’t build complicated Web applications, nor it can deal
with user interactions besides hypertext links and forms.

What is HTTP?
HTTP stands for Hypertext Transfer Protocol that is used for the transmission of Hypertext over the
internet. It specifies how messages look and are sent and received and how web servers and browsers
should behave in relation to specific commands.

Advantages of HTTP
 Efficient Data Transfer: HTTP has been developed for the purpose of transmitting data fast
across the World Wide Web, in support of the delivery of the contents of Web, images, videos
and other media.
 Statelessness: HTTP is stateless, this implies that each command that the client sends via
the URL is not affiliated with another previous command. This makes the design of the server to
be easier and the provision of more scalable web services.
 Widespread Adoption: HTTP is core in data communication in the web, due to it’s ubiquity, the
protocols will work well on any platform as well as mobile devices.

Disadvantages of HTTP
 Lack of Security: Unlike other protocols such as HTTPS, SSL, TLS or SFTP, HTTP is insecure
as it lacks the capability of encrypting data thus can easily be tapped by someone with bad
intentions. This is solved by HTTPS (HTTP Secure) which introduces a security layer into the
protocol used.
 Stateless Protocol: Although statelessness has its benefits, there are drawbacks that include the
possibility of eradicating real connections for each request, or of the need to resend data.
Differences Between HTML and HTTP
HTML (HyperText Markup HTTP (HyperText Transfer
Aspect Language) Protocol)

A markup language used to create and A protocol used for transferring web
Definition
design web pages. pages over the internet.

Structuring and presenting content on Facilitating communication between a


Purpose
the web. web browser and a server.

Operates at the application layer for Operates at the application layer for
Layer
content presentation. data transmission.

Not a file type, but a communication


File Type .html or .htm file extensions.
protocol.

Data Does not involve data transmission; Manages the transmission of data
Transmission focuses on content structure. between client and server.

Stateless protocol; each request is


Statelessness Not inherently stateless.
independent of the previous one.

Defines how content is displayed to Defines how content is requested,


Interaction
users. transmitted, and received.

Includes HTML 4.01, XHTML, Includes versions like HTTP/1.0,


Versioning
HTML5, etc. HTTP/1.1, HTTP/2, HTTP/3.

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