HTTP

Question 1

What is a client?

Answer 1

service requester

Question 2

What is a server?

Answer 2

provider of a resource or service

Question 3

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

Answer 3

GET

Question 4

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

Answer 4

the HTTP method, the request target, the HTTP version

Question 5

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

Answer 5

the protocol version, the status code, the status text

Question 6

What are HTTP headers?

Answer 6

let the client and the server pass additional information with an HTTP request or response

Question 7

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

Answer 7

MDN’s HTTP headers page

Question 8

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

Answer 8

no

Question 9

What is the difference between the internet and the web?

Answer 9

the internet is computers on a network with IP addresses; the web is how clients and servers communicate over the internet