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HTTP
HyperText Transfer Protocol is an application protocol for data tranmission in the form of hypertext documents in the "HTML" format, is currently used to transfer arbitrary data and it is the basis for data transfer for the World Wide Web.
| First released | 1992 |
| Developed by | Sir Timothy John «Tim» Berners-Lee |
| Latest stable version | HTTP/2 |
| Open-source | Not defined |
| Used by | Google, Opera, Microsoft |
