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  hypertext transfer protocol: the standard protocol for transferring hypertext documents on the World Wide Web.
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  HTTP

  abbreviation

  hypertext transfer protocol, used esp on the Internet See also hypertext

http

American  

Or HTTP

1. hypertext transfer protocol: the standard protocol for transferring hypertext documents on the World Wide Web.

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HTTP British  

abbreviation

1. hypertext transfer protocol, used esp on the Internet See also hypertext

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HTTP Scientific  

/ āch′tē-tē-pē′ /

1. Short for Hypertext Transfer Protocol. A protocol used to request and transmit files, especially webpages and webpage components, over the Internet or other computer network.

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http HTTP

When listing a URL, remove the beginning tag of http:// or https://.

From Textbooks ● Dec. 21, 2021

A secure website starts with https:// instead of the standard http://.

From Encyclopedia.com ● Mar. 21, 2018

For several years, Global Voices was blocked in Iran, but when we transitioned from http to https in 2015, it suddenly became available.

From Slate ● May 18, 2017

The Baird, 5 Mead Street. 973-544-8489; http: //interactproductions.org.

From New York Times ● Mar. 19, 2015

Her organization operates a website, http:// www.bedsider.org, that details options along with the price range.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 9, 2012

Instead, Microsoft forced Windows 11 users to change individual file extensions or protocol handlers for HTTP, HTTPS, .HTML,

From The Verge ● Mar. 29, 2022

The code includes the first web browser and early versions of methods computers still use to talk with each other, including the Hypertext Transfer Protocol, known as HTTP, and HyperText Markup Language, known as HTML.

From New York Times ● Jun. 30, 2021

Control over internet traffic down to the IP, HTTP, and DNS levels also enables it to block access to foreign news publications.

From Slate ● Apr. 28, 2021

Another commonly known protocol is HTTP, the Hyper Text Transfer Protocol, which communicates information between a web browser and a website’s server.

From Slate ● Nov. 16, 2018

In 1998, the section Internationalization/Localization gave access to some protocols for creating a multilingual website: HTML, base character set, new tags and attributes, HTTP, language negotiation, URLs and other identifiers including non-ASCII characters, etc.

From The eBook is 40 (1971-2011) by Lebert, Marie