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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

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

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  • initialism Hypertext Transfer Protocol, the protocol used most commonly to transfer web pages and accompanying data over the Internet

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  • noun a protocol (utilizing TCP) to transfer hypertext requests and information between servers and browsers

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

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

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