Web Protocols
Web Protocols HTTP Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) is an application-layer protocol for transmitting hypermedia documents, like HTML, across the internet. It operates on a client-server model, where a client (e.g., a web browser) sends a request to a server, and the server returns a response. HTTP is the foundation of data exchange on the World Wide Web. HTTP Request-Response Model HTTP is a stateless protocol, which means each request from a client is treated as an independent transaction; the server doesn’t remember previous requests. This can be overcome with technologies like cookies. The communication is initiated by the client and follows a specific structure for both the request and the response. ...