| HTMLHTML | htHTTP |
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1) HTML stands for Hyper Text Markup Language. It is a well-known markup language used for web page development. It is commonly used in webpage design | 1) HTTP stands for Hypertext Transfer Protocol. It is a great means of data communication for the World Wide Web. It is an application protocol for distributed, collaborative, hypermedia information systems. |
2) HTML is written using HTML elements, which consist of tags, primarily and opening tag and a closing tag. The data between these tags is usually the content. | 2) HTTP is the protocol to exchange or transfer hypertext. Hypertext is a multi-linear set of objects that are used to build a network by using hyperlinks between the nodes, such as text or words. |
To understand this difference between HTML and HTTP, we can think of an analogy. Think of HTML as C language and HTTP as FTP. Now one can write C programs in C language and then one can transfer these C programs from Server to Clients using FTP (i.e. File transfer protocol). Same way, web pages (which are mostly HTML pages) are written in HTML and these web pages are exchanged between Server and Clients using HTTP. Since HTML is a language and HTTP is a protocol, they are two different things though related. In fact, it’s possible to exchange HTML web pages without HTTP (e.g. using FTP to transfer HTML pages). Even, it’s possible to transfer non HTML pages using HTTP (e.g. using HTTP to transfer XML pages). More details on XML in some other post. We hope that the above clarifies the difference between HTML and HTTP.
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