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HTTP is an acronym for Hypertext Transfer Protocol. It is a standard networking protocol for distributed, collaborative, hypermedia systems which has been used in the World Wide Web since 1990.^[1] The specifications for HTTP was developed by Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of World Wide Web.^[2]

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[1] RFC 2616 Hypertext Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.1

[2] Tim Berners-Lee Short Bio

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-Acronym:  '''H'''yper'''T'''ext '''T'''ransfer '''P'''rotocol
+'''HTTP''' is an acronym for '''Hypertext Transfer Protocol'''. It is a standard networking protocol for distributed, collaborative, hypermedia systems which has been used in the World Wide Web since 1990.<ref>[http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2616 RFC 2616 Hypertext Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.1]</ref> The specifications for HTTP was developed by [[Tim Berners-Lee]], inventor of World Wide Web.<ref>[http://www.w3.org/People/Berners-Lee/ Tim Berners-Lee Short Bio]</ref>
+==References==
+{{reflist}}
-Invented in the early 1990s by [[Tim Berners-Lee]], HTTP is the standard protocol over which much of the internet transfers data.  Specifically, requests for web pages are handled largely over HTTP or one of its variants.
 [[Category: Glossary]]