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http

http is the alternative spelling of HTTP.

Proper noun capitalized: HTTP

HTTP

  1. (Internet, abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Hypertext Transfer Protocol, the protocol used most commonly to transfer Web pages and accompanying data over the Internet.
    • The Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) is an application-level protocol with the lightness and speed necessary for distributed, collaborative, hypermedia information systems.1996 May, T. Berners-Lee, R. Fielding, H. Frystyk, “Hypertext Transfer Protocol – HTTP/1.0”, in RFC Editor, →ISSN, RFC 1945

Words formed from http

Phrases with http

Questions about http

What is http the alternative spelling of?
Http is the alternative spelling of HTTP.
What part of speech is http?
Http is a proper noun.

Words near http in the dictionary

  1. HTQs
  2. htr
  3. hts
  4. hts.
  5. HTSI
  6. http
  7. HTTP cookie
  8. HTTP cookies
  9. HTTP verb
  10. HTTP verbs
  11. HTTP/2

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Adapted from Wiktionary: http (page history and authors); HTTP (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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