what does http mean at the begining of a web address, and can it be replaced with www.?

Answer 1

Hyper Text Transfer Protocol.

it is the name of the web browsing protocol, the same as ftp:// is file transfer protocol, and mms:// being streaming media etc.

if you type a web address without the http:// then most web browsers will assume by default that you're trying to browse the site the standard way and will fill in the http:// after you click the 'go' button or hit the 'enter' key to load the site.

Answer 2

The full form of a web address is http://www.site.com/page.html. The http:// tells the browser that it should use hypertext transfer protocol to download the page. The internet supports a number of other formats, such as email, ftp, chat, and news, each of which has its own protocol and prefix. However, you can leave off the http:// and your web browser will fill it in for you. The "www" is part of the website address, and can also be left off in most cases.

Answer 3

HTTP is HyperText Transfer Protocol
WWW is World-Wide Web
When you type in a web address, the HTTP is usually added for you by default, as this is the most common protocol used for web browsing.
FTP is another - File Transfer Protocol.

Answer 4

HTTP= Hyper Text Transfer Protocol.

HTML=Hyper Text Markup Language.

Answer 5

http stands for hyper text transfer protocol...and yes you can just type in www as most isp's will automatically prefix with http://

Answer 6

It stands for Hyper Text Transfer Protocol. Check here for more info.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Http

In most cases you don't need to type the http://.

Answer 7

HTTP:// = hyper text transfer protocol

you do not need to enter this when you go to a site as when you type for instance www.google.com it appears http://www.google.com.

Answer 8

hyper text transfer protocol

Answer 9

hypertext transfer protocol://world wide web