http

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

HTTP
    n 1: a protocol (utilizing TCP) to transfer hypertext requests
         and information between servers and browsers [syn:
         {hypertext transfer protocol}, {HTTP}]

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

Hypertext Transfer Protocol
HTTP

   <protocol> (HTTP) The {client-server} {TCP/IP} {protocol} used
   on the {World-Wide Web} for the exchange of {HTML} documents.
   It conventionally uses {port} 80.

   Latest version: HTTP 1.1, defined in {RFC 2068}, as of May
   1997.

   See also {Uniform Resource Locator}.

   (1994-10-27)

from V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (June 2006)

HTTP
       HyperText Transfer Protocol (WWW, RFC 2068/2616)