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*the HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP) is a ‘networking protocol’ for [distributed/collaborative/hypermedia information systems]*
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*HTTP is the foundation of ‘data communication’ for the ‘world wide web’*
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(the standards development of ‘HTTP’ has been coordinated by the ‘Internet Engineering Task Force’ (IETF) and the ‘World Wide Web Consortium’ (W3C), culminating in the publication of a series of ‘Requests for Comments’ (RFCs), most notably ‘RFC 2616’ (June 1999), which defines ‘HTTP/1.1’, the version of ‘HTTP’ in ‘common use’)
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“HTTPS”
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(which means that one can fill out / submit personal information on these types of ‘websites’)
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*SKETCHES*
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