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  http

  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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Example Sentences

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

The site gives in particular a definition of protocols used for internationalization/localization: HTML; base character set; new tags and attributes; HTTP; language negotiation; URLs & other identifiers including non-ASCII characters; etc.

From Multilingualism on the Web by Lebert, Marie