Some nerd performing an HTTP request via Telnet on Ubuntu Linux.
Hyper Text Transfer Protocol (HTTP) is a method used for requesting files between a client and a server. HTTP is the foundation for the world wide web.
Clients[]
A typical client for HTTP is a Web browser and also spiders.
Servers[]
Protocols for the storing and sending files.
Files[]
The files that are transmitted using HTTP are HTML pages, images, videos, and music.