What does HTTP mean?

An acronym for Hypertext Transfer Protocol, an application-layer protocol for transmitting hypermedia documents, such as HTML; the foundation of data communication for the World Wide Web.

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How to use the term
HTTP:

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References:

Wikipedia entry on Hypertext Transfer Protocol

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More slang terms:

WTBI

WTBI

Whats The Big Idea

LCW

LCW

Loud, confident and wrong