Question

The protocol that makes it possible for a Macintosh web browser to be able to retrieve a Web page from a Microsoft Web server is called the _____________________.

Answer 1

Answer:

HyperText Transfer Protocol HTTP is a protocol that is used to retrieve a Web page from a Web server.

Explanation:

HyperText Transfer Protocol is the protocol used by the World Web and determines the formation and transmission of the message and defines the actions of Web servers and browsers.

HTTP is the text-based protocol. Clients send a request to a web server for web pages. When the request is served, each connection is discounted. A new connection must be created.

It is a TCP/IP based protocol that is used to deliver data on the World Wide Web. Data contains

• HTML files
• images
• queries.

It provides a way for the computer to communicate with each other.

Answer 2

Answer:

HTTP (HyperText Transfer Protocol)

Explanation:

HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP) is a protocol used in the world wide web for dictating and defining how data and information are formatted and transmitted across a network. It also describes and specifies the set of actions  that web servers and browsers perform on these data. With the HTTP, client browsers (such as those of Macintosh) can retrieve web pages from web servers (such as Microsoft web server).

To retrieve these web pages, the client browser first makes a request via http to the server. Then, if the server understands the request and the requested web page is available and accessible, the server, as a way of responding, returns the web page to the requesting web browser.

The regular HTTP uses a port number of 80 while its more secure version (HTTPS) uses a port number of 443.