HTTP

or http (āch′tē-tē-pē′)

A protocol used to request and transmit files, especially webpages and webpage components, over the internet or other computer network.

[H(yper)t(ext) T(ransfer) P(rotocol).]

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HTTP

abbreviation for

(Computer Science) hypertext transfer protocol, used esp on the internet. See also hypertext

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http

or HTTP,

hypertext transfer protocol: a protocol for transferring hypertext documents, the standard protocol for the World Wide Web.

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Noun

HTTP - a protocol (utilizing TCP) to transfer hypertext requests and information between servers and browsers

hypertext transfer protocol

communications protocol, protocol - (computer science) rules determining the format and transmission of data

Translations

HTTP

http

N ABBR =hypertext transfer protocol → http m

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HTTP

http [ˌeɪtʃtiːtiːˈpiː] n (=hypertext transfer protocol) → protocole m http

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HTTP

, http (Comput) abbr of hypertext transfer protocol → http

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c) Header compression: HTTP header size is drastically reduced using special frames and compression;

Steganography of Hypertext Transfer Protocol Version 2 (HTTP/2)

Static binary encoding (SBE) and dynamic binary encoding (DBE) convert the encoding of HTTP header fields from ASCII code to binary code depending on HTTP header field characteristics.

A Hybrid Web Browser Architecture for Mobile Devices

It may be possible to identify the last segment of a http response message, if we use both of the TCP header and the http header information.

Defending HTTP web servers against DDoS attacks through busy period-based attack flow detection

Device fingerprinting circumvents legal restrictions imposed on the use of cookies and ignores the Do Not Track HTTP header. The findings suggest that secret tracking is more widespread than previously thought.

WEBSITES USE DEVICE FINGERPRINTING TO TRACK USERS

The device fingerprinting or browser fingerprinting circumvents legal restrictions imposed on the use of cookies and ignores the Do Not Track HTTP header.

1.5% of top websites use 'device fingerprinting' to secretly track users: Study

In the Slowloris attack, the attacker sends an incomplete HTTP header and then periodically sends header lines to keep the connection alive, but never sends the full header.

4 Steps to defeat a DDoS attack on your organisation

For WebMasters who wish to host SVG files on their websites, but not to include them in Google's search results, Google allows them to do so by using the "X-Robots-Tag: noindex" directive in the HTTP header.

Google adds support for indexing SVG-image file format