Week 2 Readings: HTTP and REST

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Week 2 - Readings: HTTP and REST

http basics

HTTP stands for Hypertext Transfer Protocol
tateless, application-layer protocol for communicating between distributed systems, and is the foundation of the modern web.
allows for communication between a variety of hosts and clients
HTTP a stateless protocol. The communication usually takes place over TCP/IP, but any reliable transport can be used.
current version of the protocol is HTTP/1.1