Web, domains and email
HTTP
Abbreviation for Hypertext Transfer Protocol
In short and in plain language
HTTP is the way browsers fetch web pages from a server.
Newer versions send many small files at once. This makes a site faster.
Today, sites mostly use the encrypted form of it.
Definition
HTTP is the protocol browsers use to fetch web pages from a server. Newer versions transfer many small files at the same time and so make a website faster. Websites today usually rely on the encrypted variant HTTPS.