For 10 points, name this protocol used to request HTML documents and other items on the web, and whose name is seen before the colon slash slash in a web address.
One project attempting to replace this protocol is SPDY (speedy). Comet is set of techniques to allow pushing over this protocol. Version 1.1 added pipelining. Two less commonly used verbs are TRACE and HEAD, while the two most important methods are POST and GET. The secure version uses TLS and SSL for encryption. This usually operates over port 80. For 10 points, name this protocol used to request HTML documents and other items on the web, and whose name is seen before the colon slash slash in a web address.
One project attempting to replace this protocol is SPDY (speedy).
{HTTP} [or {Hypertext Transfer} Protocol]