Clarifying the fundamentals of HTTP

Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on World Wide Web, WWW '02

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 25-36

  Mogul, Jeffery C ^a  

^a HEWLETT PACKARD COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

HTTP; Protocol design

Indexed keywords

COMPLEXITY RESULTS; HTTP PROTOCOLS; NEW MODEL; PROTOCOL DESIGN;

DESIGN; HYPERTEXT SYSTEMS; INTERNET PROTOCOLS; WORLD WIDE WEB;

HTTP;

EID: 77953078755     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/511446.511450     Document Type: Conference Paper

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