http

Question 1

What is a client?

Answer 1

A service requester,
A program or device/program that request information from a server.

Clients are the ones receiving between the client-server relationship, they are the one requesting data like files, or to tell servers about things that happen.

Question 2

What is a server?

Answer 2

The one providing the resources.

Servers are the providers within the client-server relationship. They are the one that is sending data like files to all the clients.

If clients request for things, servers are the ones that respond.

Question 3

Which HTTP method does a browser issue to a web server when you visit a URL?

Answer 3

the GET method

Question 4

What three things are on the start-line of an HTTP request message?

Answer 4

1) http verbs (method)
2) request target
3) http protocol version

Question 5

What three things are on the start-line of an HTTP response message?

Answer 5

1) The protocal
2) Status Code
3) Status Text

1) The protocol version,
2) a status code, indicating success or failure of the request. Common status codes are 200,404, or 302
3) A status text. A brief, purely informational, textual description of the status code to help a human understand the HTTP message

Question 6

What are HTTP headers?

Answer 6

HTTP Headers let the client and the server pass additional information with an HTTP request or response. an HTTP header consists of its case-insensitive name followed by a conol ( : ) then by its value.

Question 7

Where would you go if you wanted to learn more about a specific HTTP Header?

Answer 7

MDN Web Docs

Question 8

Is a body required for a valid HTTP request or response message?

Answer 8

No. not all HTTP request or response needs a body