Your Internet Consultant - The FAQs of Life Online
3.15. What does HTTP mean?
The URLs that may look the least familiar are those starting with http
These indicate files that need to be accessed through the Hypertext Transfer
Protocol, and typically they reference files written in Hypertext Markup
Language. Hypertext files can contain pointers to text files, graphics, and
sounds. A variety of browsers are available (such as WWW and Mosaic) that
present a nice interface for exploring the hypertext files.
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