hypertext transfer protocol

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hypertext transfer protocol - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  hypertext transfer protocol
      n 1: a protocol (utilizing TCP) to transfer hypertext requests
           and information between servers and browsers [syn:
           hypertext transfer protocol, HTTP]

hypertext transfer protocol - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  Hypertext Transfer Protocol
  HTTP
  
     <protocol> (HTTP) The client-server TCP/IP protocol used
     on the World-Wide Web for the exchange of HTML documents.
     It conventionally uses port 80.
  
     Current version: HTTP 1.1, defined in RFC 2068, as of May
     1997.
  
     See also Uniform Resource Locator.
  
     (1994-10-27)