What does HTTP Mean ?

HTTP – (Hypertext Transfer Protocol) Protocol with the ability to transfer Web pages, graphics, and any other type of media used on the Web to the Web Browser.

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 HYPERTEXT TRANSFER PROTOCOL. HYPERTEXT TRANSFER PROTOCOL is an application protocol that runs on top of the TCP/IP suite of protocols (the foundation protocols for the Internet).

HYPERTEXT TRANSFER PROTOCOL 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 HYPERTEXT TRANSFER PROTOCOL daemon, a program that is designed to wait for HYPERTEXT TRANSFER PROTOCOL requests and handle them when they arrive.

Your Web browser is an HYPERTEXT TRANSFER PROTOCOL 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 HYPERTEXT TRANSFER PROTOCOL request and sends it to the Internet Protocol address (IP address) indicated by the URL. The HYPERTEXT TRANSFER PROTOCOL 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.)