File formats:

Status:

INFORMATIONAL

Authors:

T. Berners-Lee
R. Fielding
H. Frystyk

Stream:

IETF

Source:

http (app)

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DOI:  10.17487/RFC1945

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Abstract

The Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) is an application-level protocol with the lightness and speed necessary for distributed, collaborative, hypermedia information systems. This memo provides information for the Internet community. This memo does not specify an Internet standard of any kind.

For the definition of Status, see RFC 2026.

For the definition of Stream, see RFC 8729.