RFC 1945: Hypertext Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.0
In plain English — editorial summary, not part of the RFC
The Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) is an application-level protocol with the lightness and speed necessary for distributed, collaborative, hypermedia information systems. This memo provides information for the Internet community. This memo does not specify an Internet standard of any kind.
Document record
- Document ID
- RFC1945
- Published
- May 1996
- Authors
- T. Berners-Lee; R. Fielding; H. Frystyk
- Status
- INFORMATIONAL
- Stream
- IETF
- Area
- app
- Pages
- 60
- Also known as
- —
Topics
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