Networking - Technology
HTTP
(Hypertext Transfer Protocol)
The basic set of rules browsers and web services use to request and send information
What's it for?
Provides the basic set of rules websites and online services use to request and send information.
For example…
When you open your company intranet, your browser uses HTTP to ask for the page and the company’s web server sends it back
A browser sends an HTTP GET request for a product page and the web server sends the requested content back
Think of it like…
Shared script for ordering and receiving parcels between client and server