Learn aboutInternet language
HTML and HTTP
What is HTML?
HTML stands for Hyper Text Mark-up Language. It is the programming code that isused to write web pages that are stored on servers. Every web page that youview in a browser is written in HTML or XML (a newer language). Your browser isdesigned to interpret and display web pages coded in HTML.
What is HTTP?
HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol) is the set of rules for transferring files(text, graphic images, sound, video, and other multimedia files) on the WorldWide Web. As soon as a web user opens a web browser, they are making use ofHTTP. The beginning of almost every web page address begins with HTTP, whichindicates that that the session being requested will use the HTTP protocol.
HTTP concepts include the idea that files can contain references to other files(hyperlinks) whose selection will cause additional transfer requests.
Every web server contains an HTTP program that waits for and handles HTTPrequests (from browsers) when they arrive. When a request come in, the webserver sends back the requested file or files associated with the request.(Most web pages consist of more than one file.)
Every web browser is an HTTP client that sends requests to web servers. When abrowser user enters a request by entering a web address (URL) in the browseraddress bar or by clicking on a hyperlink, the browser builds an HTTP requestand sends it to the server at the Internet Protocol address (IP address)indicated by the URL.