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HTTP

HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol) is an application layer protocol in the Internet protocol suite for distributed, collaborative, hypermedia information systems. HTTP is the foundation of data communication for the World Wide Web, where hypertext documents include hyperlinks to other resources that the user can easily access, for example by a mouse…

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Developed by
Initially CERN; IETF, W3C
International standard
RFC 9110 HTTP Semantics · RFC 9111 HTTP Caching · RFC 9112 HTTP/1.1 · RFC 9113 HTTP/2 · RFC 7541 HTTP/2: HPACK Header Compression
Introduced
1991; 35 years ago (1991)

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HTTP

Nodes154
Edges153
Triples252
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.012987
Components1

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related to history · 17
HTTP → Berners-Lee, CERN, Comments, Development, GET, HTML, HTTP Request, IETF, Internet Engineering Task Force, RFC, That, The, Tim Berners-Lee, W3C, World Wide Web, World Wide Web Consortium, WorldWideWeb
related to Use · 15
HTTP → ALPN, Application-Layer Protocol Negotiation, Chrome, Cloudflare, Firefox, HTTP/1, HTTP/2, HTTP/3, In, It, Like HTTP/2, QUIC, TCP, TLS, Transport Layer Security
related to 2014 updates to HTTP/1.1 · 14
HTTP → Authentication, Caching, Conditional Requests, Content, HTTP Working Group, HTTP/1, Hypertext Transfer Protocol, In June, Message Syntax, Obsolete, Range Requests, RFC, Routing, Semantics
related to Transport layer · 14
HTTP → HTTP/1, HTTP/3, HTTPMU, HTTPU, QUIC, Simple Service Discovery Protocol, SSDP, TCP, The, They, Transmission Control Protocol, UDP, UPnP, User Datagram Protocol
see also · 14
HTTP → Application Protocol, Architectural, Capability, Comparison, Computer, Content-addressable, Deprecated, File System, Method, Serving, Specialized Internet, System, URIDigest, WebWebSocket
related to Updates and refactoring in 2022 · 13
HTTP → Extensible Prioritization Scheme, Field Compression, HTTP Caching, HTTP Semantics, HTTP/1, HTTP/2, HTTP/3, In June, Internet Standard, Proposed Standard, QPACK, RFC, See
International standard · 11
HTTP → .mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:r…, RFC 7541 HTTP/2: HPACK Header Compression, RFC 8164 HTTP/2: Opportunistic Security for HTTP/2, RFC 8336 HTTP/2: The ORIGIN HTTP/2 Frame, RFC 8441 HTTP/2: Bootstrapping WebSockets with HTTP/2, RFC 9110 HTTP Semantics, RFC 9111 HTTP Caching, RFC 9112 HTTP/1.1, RFC 9113 HTTP/2, RFC 9114 HTTP/3, RFC 9204 HTTP/3: QPACK: Field Compression
related to Example · 9
HTTP → DNS, HTTP/1, HTTP/2, HTTP/3, IP, It, The, TheHostheader, While
related to HTTP/1.1 · 9
HTTP → End-user, Host, HTTP/1, In January, In March, Internet, June, RFC, Since
related to Message format · 9
HTTP → At, HPACK, HTTP/1, HTTP/2, HTTP/3, Later, QPACK, The, This

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HTTPDeveloped byInitially CERN; IETF, W3C1.00infobox
HTTPInternational standard.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:r…1.00infobox
HTTPInternational standardRFC 9110 HTTP Semantics1.00infobox
HTTPInternational standardRFC 9111 HTTP Caching1.00infobox
HTTPInternational standardRFC 9112 HTTP/1.11.00infobox
HTTPInternational standardRFC 9113 HTTP/21.00infobox
HTTPInternational standardRFC 7541 HTTP/2: HPACK Header Compression1.00infobox
HTTPInternational standardRFC 8164 HTTP/2: Opportunistic Security for HTTP/21.00infobox
HTTPInternational standardRFC 8336 HTTP/2: The ORIGIN HTTP/2 Frame1.00infobox
HTTPInternational standardRFC 8441 HTTP/2: Bootstrapping WebSockets with HTTP/21.00infobox
HTTPInternational standardRFC 9114 HTTP/31.00infobox
HTTPInternational standardRFC 9204 HTTP/3: QPACK: Field Compression1.00infobox
HTTPIntroduced1991; 35 years ago (1991)1.00infobox
HTTPWebsitehttpwg.org/specs/1.00infobox
HTTPis afoundation of data communication for the World Wide Web0.90text

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