Computer Networks - II — Question 9

HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol) is the set ot rules for transferring hypertext, like text, graphic, image, sound, video etc., on World Wide Web.

It is an application-level protocol with the lightness and speed necessary for distributed, collaborative, hypermedia information systems. It is a generic, stateless, object-oriented protocol. A feature of HTTP is the typing of data representation, allowing systems to be built independently of the data being transferred.

HTTP is also used as a generic protocol for communication between user agents and proxies/gateways to other Internet protocols. The HTTP protocol consists of two fairly distinct items : the set of requests from browsers to servers and the set of responses going back to the other way.