Kenneth C. Laudon,Jane P. Laudon Management Information System 12th Edition pdf

Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)

. HTTP is the

communications standard used to transfer pages on the Web. For example,

when you type a Web address in your browser, such as www.sec.gov, your

browser sends an HTTP request to the sec.gov server requesting the home

page of sec.gov.

HTTP is the first set of letters at the start of every Web address, followed

by the domain name, which specifies the organization’s server computer that

is storing the document. Most companies have a domain name that is the

same as or closely related to their official corporate name. The directory path

and document name are two more pieces of information within the Web

address that help the browser track down the requested page. Together, the

address is called a