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HTTP

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HTTP is the language that your computer speaks to web servers to let you browse the internet. HTTP works through the request / response model, kind of like a Burger King drive-thru. Some connections are encrypted through HTTPS, the secure version of HTTP.

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What's HTTP?

How your computer actually speaks to the internet.

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