Asked By
anonymous
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Posted on - 08/10/2011
Hello, I am very keen to know why do I have to type in http : \ before I can bring up any web site ? What does "http" stands for? How it brings any web address to sight? Looking forward to having satisfactory answer.
Answered By
Lilac
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Question related to “http” of address bar
The internet is a large number of participants, connected machines, software, and massive quantity of information spread all around the world.
You want to know about URL? Let me clear your concepts. The Uniform Resource Locator (URL) is a global address of documents. For Example: https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl
Where http (hypertext transfer protocol) is the protocol, www (World Wide Web) is the hostname, techyv.com is the domain name and comment is the file name.
A format of URL generally shows protocol: //hostname. domain name/pathname/filename, where the protocol is any of the Protocol in the TCP/IP suite, hostname is an optional name for a particular computer, domain name is the name pertains to the organization, path and file names are the location of the particular resource in the host.
A protocol is a set of rules that defines how computers may communicate. To connect host on the internet there are rules collectively known as Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol suite (TCP/IP).
HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol) is an underlying protocol used by the World Wide Web that defines the formation and transmission of the message and indicates the web servers and web browsers which actions should be taken in response to given commands.
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To distribute and retrieve messages on a newsgroup an NNTP (Network News Transfer Protocol) is used.
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FTP (File Transfer Protocol) is used for downloading files or copying files from one host to another.
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TELNET is a terminal emulation protocol for TCP/IP network and it is a common way to control web server remotely.
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SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) is used for sending and receiving of electronic messages.
