May 2004
Intermediate to advanced
888 pages
22h 31m
English
Generally speaking, the Web works on a client-server and stateless model. Communication occurs between a client and a server over the HTTP protocol.
HTTP stands for “Hypertext Transfer Protocol.” It is packet/text-based, and it defines how communication occurs between Web browsers such as Internet Explorer and Opera and Web Servers such as Microsoft Internet Information Server (IIS) and Apache. Details about HTTP can be obtained from RFC 2616 at ftp://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/rfc2616.txt.
Under HTTP, browsers communicate with servers using a request/response model. The client, or browser, sends a request for a Web page to a Web server, which finds or dynamically creates the Web page and sends ...
Read now
Unlock full access