HyperText Transfer [Transport] Protocol (HTTP)

The Internet protocol used to deliver information over the World Wide Web .

HTTP is an application-level protocol built on top of TCP/IP; it is supports a stateless client-server interaction model. In the standard HTTP interaction model, clients initiate interactions with servers .

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Dictionary of Computer and Internet Terms (Vol. 1) John C. Rigdon, 2016 – 1471 c. – 600

Ted Faison Event-Based Programming: Taking Events to the Limit, 2006. – 669 p. – ISBN-13: 978-1-59059-643-2