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Hypertext Transfer Protocol


  • The role of HTTP in Web Architecture
    • Extend uniform interface across the net
    • Minimize user-perceived latency
    • Enable layered processing
    • Enable caching
    • Enable extension and evolution
  • Already survived a decade of evolution
  • 1991-93:<|HTTP/0.9 [Berners-Lee]
  • 1993-97:<|HTTP/1.0 [RFC 1945]
  • 1996-now:<|HTTP/1.1 [RFC 2068/2616]

    (From Roy Fielding)