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COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY INTERNET AND WORLD WIDE WEB 2 October 2003 Below is a short report on the various internet technologies available, including the definitions of the terms used. HTTP - Hyper Text Transfer Protocol The main protocol used to communicate between web servers and Internet browsers. HTTP is the underlying protocol used by the World Wide Web. HTTP defines how messages are formatted and transmitted, and what actions Web servers and browsers should take in response to various commands. For example, when you enter a URL in your browser, this actually sends an HTTP command to the Web server directing it to fetch and transmit the requested Web page. The other main standard that controls how the World Wide Web works is HTML, which covers how Web pages are formatted and displayed. HTTP is called a stateless protocol because each command is executed independently, without any knowledge of the commands that came before it....

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