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Newer page: version 7 Last edited on Monday, January 19, 2004 3:58:50 am by AristotlePagaltzis
Older page: version 3 Last edited on Monday, June 9, 2003 6:05:53 pm by PerryLorier Revert
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-__H__yper __T__ext __T__ransport __P__rotocol. 
+[HTTP] is an [Acronym] for __H__yper __T__ext __T__ransport __P__rotocol. 
  
-More [Acronym]'s. Sometimes called "How To Transfer Porn". Simple protocol, we're currently up to HTTP/1 .1, a lot of people love doing all sorts of unnecessary things over HTTP. 
+A simple protocol that constitutes the foundation of the WorldWideWeb, sometimes called "How To Transfer Porn". The default [Port] for [ HTTP] is 80 . A lot of people love doing all sorts of unnecessary things over [ HTTP] such as use for [RPC] implementations (which are then called Web services)
  
-there is an [ RFC] on [HTTP ], but I forget which one
+We're currently up to version 1.1 of the protocol; see RFC:2616. You may be interested in [the original proposal that started it all | http://www.w3.org/History/1989/proposal.html ], or in the protocol's [error codes|http://offline.home.cern.ch/offline/web/http_error_codes.html]
  
-[HTTP] uses port 80.  
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-[HTTP] is Yet Another [Acronym]  
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-[HTTP] [Error Codes|http://offline.home.cern.ch/offline/web/http_error_codes.html]  
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