What does "http" mean in a www. address?

Answer 1

Hyper text transport protocol.

The name is a label for the complex set of comunications that happen between computers to allow you to view web pages. By starting with http instead of ftp for example your browser knows to expect html and other web page specific formats.

Answer 2

Hyper Text Transfer Protocol

Answer 3

Hyper Text Transfer Protocol

Answer 4

HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol) is the set of rules for transferring files (text, graphic images, sound, video, and other multimedia files) on the World Wide Web. As soon as a Web user opens their Web browser, the user is indirectly making use of HTTP. HTTP is an application protocol that runs on top of the TCP/IP suite of protocols (the foundation protocols for the Internet).


HTTP concepts include (as the Hypertext part of the name implies) the idea that files can contain references to other files whose selection will elicit additional transfer requests. Any Web server machine contains, in addition to the Web page files it can serve, an HTTP daemon, a program that is designed to wait for HTTP requests and handle them when they arrive. Your Web browser is an HTTP client, sending requests to server machines. When the browser user enters file requests by either "opening" a Web file (typing in a Uniform Resource Locator or URL) or clicking on a hypertext link, the browser builds an HTTP request and sends it to the Internet Protocol address (IP address) indicated by the URL. The HTTP daemon in the destination server machine receives the request and sends back the requested file or files associated with the request. (A Web page often consists of more than one file.)

Answer 5

Short for HyperText Transfer Protocol, the underlying protocol used by the World Wide Web. HTTP defines how messages are formatted and transmitted, and what actions Web servers and browsers should take in response to various commands. For example, when you enter a URL in your browser, this actually sends an HTTP command to the Web server directing it to fetch and transmit the requested Web peas.
or to be brief
Hyper Text Transfer Protocol (HTTP), the actual communications protocol that enables Web browsing

Answer 6

Hypertext Transport Protocol

Answer 7

Hyper Text Transfer Protocol -The Hypertext Transfer Protocol is the set of rules for exchanging files (text, graphic images, sound, video, and other multimedia files) on the World Wide Web

Answer 8

Hi,

HTTP is an acronym for Hyper Text Transfer Protocol.

It is a set of rules (protocol) that defines how to move the data from the webserver hosting the website to your computer. Just another jargon.

Cheers!

Answer 9

Hypertext Transfer Protocol. A protocol tells the computer what kind of communication it will be having. Hypertext in short means that when you click on something, it will take you somewhere or perform a specific action.

Answer 10

Hyper-Text Transfer Protocol, this is the protocol used by most sites on the web. Another protocol would be FTP (File Transfer Protocol)