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HTTP

Definition: HTTP

HTTP

Noun

1. A protocol (utilizing TCP) to transfer hypertext requests and information between servers and browsers.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Specialty Definitions: HTTP

DomainDefinitions

Computing

HTTP Hypertext Transfer Protocol. Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Specialty Definition: HTTP

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

HTTP (for HyperText Transfer Protocol) is the primary method used to communicate information on the World Wide Web. The specification is currently maintained by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C).

HTTP is a request/response protocol between clients and servers. An HTTP client, such as a web browser, initiates a request by connecting to (usually) TCP/IP port 80. The client then sends a request string, such as "GET / HTTP/1.1" (which would request the default page of that web server). The server would then respond with a file (or error message). The file sent by the server is preceded by an HTTP Header, which is a set of ASCII strings containing information about the server and the document being sent. HTTP is defined in RFC 2068.

HTTP differs from other TCP-based protocols such as FTP, in that connections are generally torn down once a particular request (or related series of requests) has been completed. This design makes HTTP ideal for the World Wide Web, where pages regularly link to pages on other servers. It can occasionally pose problems for Web designers, as the lack of a persistent connection necessitates alternative methods of maintaining users' "state". Many of these methods involve the use of "cookiess".

There is a secure version of HTTP called HTTPS that can use any given encryption method as long as it is understood by both sides.

Sample

Below is a sample conversation to www.google.com:80

Client request: 

GET / HTTP/1.1
Host: www.google.com

(followed by a blank line)

Server response: 

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Length: 3059
Server: GWS/2.0
Date: Sat, 11 Jan 2003 02:44:04 GMT
Content-Type: text/html
Cache-control: private
Set-Cookie: PREF=ID=73d4aef52e57bae9:TM=1042253044:LM=1042253044:S=SMCc_HRPCQiqy
X9j; expires=Sun, 17-Jan-2038 19:14:07 GMT; path=/; domain=.google.com
Connection: keep-alive

(followed by HTML text)

External links

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "HTTP."

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: HTTP

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
EntrySourceExpressionField

HTTP

DanishHTTP-protokolPost & Telecom

HTTP

EnglishHypertext transfer protocolComputing

HTTP

FinnishHTTP-yhteyskäytäntöPost & Telecom

HTTP

FrenchProtocole de transfert de fichiers hypertextesPost & Telecom

HTTP

Greekπρωτόκολλο υπερκειμενικής μεταφοράςPost & Telecom

HTTP

PortugueseProtocolo de Transmissão de HipertextoN/A

HTTP

SpanishProtocolo de transporte de hipertextoPost & Telecom

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Synonym: HTTP

Synonym: hypertext transfer protocol (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: HTTP

Specialty definitions using "HTTP": 404 ♦ application service provider, archive site ♦ chroot, Common Gateway Interface, Common Internet File System ♦ Enterprise JavaBeans ♦ HTTL, HTTP cookie, HTTP server, HyperText Transmission Protocol, Secure ♦ Internet Server Application Programming Interface, ISAPI filter ♦ Java archive ♦ MIME type ♦ proxy gateway, pull media ♦ referer, RFC 2068 ♦ Secure Sockets Layer, server-parsed HTML, server-side include, Service Access Point, Simple Object Access Protocol ♦ Web Request Broker, web server, WebObjects, world-wide web. (references)

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Commercial Usage: HTTP

DomainTitle

References

  • HTTP Technology, Inc: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

    (more reference examples)

  

Books

  • HTTP Developer's Handbook (reference)

  • HTTP Essentials: Protocols for Secure, Scaleable Web Sites (reference)

  • HTTP Pocket Reference (reference)

  • IBM Http Server Powered by Apache on Rs/6000 (reference)

  • Os/390 E-Business Infrastructure: IBM Http Server V5.1 for Os/390 (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

High Tech

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Usage in Company Names: HTTP

CountryName
USA

HTTP Technology, Inc

 (more examples...)

Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.

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Expressions: HTTP

Expressions using "HTTP": HTTP cookie ♦ HTTP server. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: HTTP

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

http

18,511

equiv http meta

109

es http que

66

http https where will

54

developer http independent

15

bbs.sijex.net bulesky i id imageboard servlet http

10

http the

9

http a

9

http at

9

http compression

8

http https this where will

7

http my

7

http http

5

20030624192202.jpg 81 http img src sugachan.dip.jp

5

http do

4

8080 http.ttdown.com s scansoft.paperport.deluxe.v9.0.retail.part02.rar sh

3

8080 http.ttdown.com s scansoft.paperport.deluxe.v9.0.retail.part01.exe sh

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: HTTP

Language Translations for "HTTP"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Chinese 

  

超文本傳輸"定 (hypertext transfer protocol), 超文件傳輸"定 (hypertext transfer protocol). (various references)

   

Danish

  

hypertext transfer protokol (hypertext transfer protocol), HTTP-protokol (hypertext transfer protocol), HTTP (hypertext transfer protocol). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

hypertext transfer protocol (hypertext transfer protocol), http (hypertext transfer protocol). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

hypertekstin yhteyskäytäntö (hypertext transfer protocol), HTTP-yhteyskäytäntö (hypertext transfer protocol), HTTP-protokolla (hypertext transfer protocol), HTTP (hypertext transfer protocol). (various references)

   

French

  

HTTP, protocole de transfert hypertexte, protocole de transfert de fichiers hypertextes. (various references)

   

German

  

Hypertext-Transfer-Protocol (hypertext transfer protocol). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

HTTP (hypertext transfer protocol), πρωτόκολλο υπερκειμενικής μεταφοράς (hypertext transfer protocol). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

httpay

   

Portuguese

  

HTTP (hypertext transfer protocol), protocolo para transferência de hipertexto (hypertext transfer protocol), Protocolo de Transmissão de Hipertexto (hypertext transfer protocol). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

HTTP (hypertext transfer protocol), protocolo de transporte de hipertexto (hypertext transfer protocol), protocolo de transferencia de hipertexto (hypertext transfer protocol). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: HTTP

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "h-p-t-t"

-1 letter: pht.

 Words containing the letters "h-p-t-t"
 

+3 letters: epithet, hotspot, pettish, potshot, prutoth, thruput, towpath, turpeth, uptight.

 

+4 letters: chapatti, epithets, footpath, hotchpot, hotspots, outpitch, pathetic, phantast, photoset, pitchout, pithiest, poortith, postheat, potlatch, potshots, telepath, tephrite, thiotepa, thruputs, topnotch, towpaths, triptych, turpeths, upthrust.

 

+5 letters: antipathy, apathetic, autotroph, chapattis, deathtrap, epithetic, footpaths, haphtarot, hepatitis, hotchpots, hypertext, hypnotist, mouthpart, multipath, nightspot, nymphette, octothorp, osteopath, pantheist, patchiest, pettishly, phantasts, photosets, photostat, phototube, pitchiest, pitchouts, poortiths, posthaste, postheats, pothunter, prettyish, prothetic, putschist, shortstop, spaghetti, spotlight, stoplight, stopwatch, telepaths, telepathy, telephoto, tephrites, therapist, thiotepas, tightrope, toothpick, topflight, topstitch, triptychs, tutorship, umpteenth, upthrusts.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: HTTP


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

48 54 54 50

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

=

Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

....    -    -    .--.

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001000 01010100 01010100 01010000

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#72 &#84 &#84 &#80

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0048 0054 0054 0050

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

42545450

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Commercial 		5. Names: Company Usage
6. Expressions
7. Expressions: Internet
8. Translations: Modern 		9. Abbreviations
10. Acronyms
11. Anagrams
12. Orthography 		13. Bibliography


  

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Deens, danisht, danishte, ‏لغة الدانمركية, ‏نوع كعك, ‏دانماركي, датски език, датски, Daniko, 丹麦语, dánský, dánština, danskur, danskt, tanskalainen, danois, Deensk, dänisch, δανικόσ, δανόσ, עו'ת שמרים, " י, dán, danska, Danmhairgis, danese, 덴마크, Danvargish, Danvargagh, danes, dinamarquês, danez, датский, danski, danski jezik, danés, dansk, danimarkalı, danimarka dili, датський, датська мова, tiếng Đan-mạch, for Danish;
Nederlands, Hollands, holandez, ‏هولندي, ‏اللغة الهولندية, холандски, немски език, холандски език, холандците, немски, Olandes, 菏蘭語 , 荷兰语, holandský, nizozemský, hollandsk, hollendskt, hollantilainen, néerlandais, Nederlânsk, holländisch, ολλανδικόσ, ολλανδόσ, holandisht, "ול "י, holland, hollenskur, Ollainnis, olandese, 네덜란", Belanda, Ollanish, Germaanish, Tatimana, nederlandsk, ulandes, hulandes, holandês, neerlandés, olandez, nemţesc, limba olandezã, german, голландский, holanđanin, u škripcu, holandski, holandés, bakratongo, holländsk, ชาวเนเธอร์แลน"์, เกี่ยวกับเนเธอร์แลน"์, รรยา, alman, eş, flemenkçe, holandaca, hollanda, karı, hollandalı, hollandalılara özgü olan, Hollandali, hollanda'ya ait, голландська мова, голландський, ngôn ngữ khó hiểu, "b xã", for Dutch;
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