Head First HTML with CSS

What is the HTTP Protocol?
HTTP is also known as the HyperText Transfer Protocol. In other words,
it’s an agreed-upon method (a protocol) for transferring hypertext
documents around the Web. While “hypertext documents” are usually
just HTML pages, the protocol can also be used to transfer images, or
any other file that a Web page might need.
HTTP is a simple request and response protocol. Here’s how it works:
HTTP response: I found
that file, here it is.
HTTP Request: could I please
have the file /index.html?
www.starbuzzcoffee.com
So each time you type a URL into your browser’s address bar, the
browser asks the server for the corresponding resource using the HTTP
protocol. If the server finds the resource, it returns it to the browser and
the browser displays it. What happens if the server doesn’t find it?
HTTP response: error
#404, I can’t find it.
HTTP Request: could I please have
the file /hardtofind.html?
www.starbuzzcoffee.com
If the resource can’t be found, you’ll get the familiar “404 Error”,
which the server reports back to your browser.
getting connected
Whatever you do,
don’t pronounce URL as
“Earl,” because that’s my
name. It’s pronounced
U-R-L.
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