HTTP

Initialism of Hypertext Transfer Protocol, the protocol used most commonly to transfer Web pages and accompanying data over the Internet.

Proper noun

  1. Initialism of Hypertext Transfer Protocol, the protocol used most commonly to transfer Web pages and accompanying data over the Internet.
    • The Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) is an application-level protocol with the lightness and speed necessary for distributed, collaborative, hypermedia information systems. - 1996 May, T. Berners-Lee, R. Fielding, H....

Hyponyms

HTTP/2 HTTPS

Derived

HTTP cookie HTTP verb XmlHTTP