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<p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>Acronymic for '''H'''yper '''T'''ext '''T'''ransfer '''P'''rotocol, '''HTTP''' is the protocol used to request web pages (and other files and resources) from web servers, and otherwise exchange data back and forth using web browser applications.<br /> <br /> It is possible (and useful) to troubleshoot HTTP servers using [[telnet]] - see [[Daemons, testing via Telnet]] for a simple example using the '''GET''' command. (Other basic HTTP commands include '''PUT''' and '''POST'''.)<br /> <br /> HTTP servers available via the [[ports tree]] include [[Apache]], [[Lighttpd]], and [[thttpd]], among many many others. Currently, [[Apache]] and [[Lighttpd]] are used and recommended by the maintainers of freebsdwiki.net.<br /> <br /> [[Category:FreeBSD Terminology]]</div>

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