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JavaScript Build a Simple Dynamic Site with Node.js Creating a Simple Server in Node.js HTTP Server Review

Eddie Lam
Eddie Lam
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Posted by Eddie Lam
Eddie Lam
2,681 Points

The way computers agree to talk to each other is not HTTP?

I thought Hypertext Transfer Protocol was the way computers agreed to talk to each other... what should it be?

1 Answer

Rick Gleitz
Rick Gleitz
47,197 Points
Rick Gleitz
Rick Gleitz
47,197 Points

HTTP is an example of how computers talk to each other. The answer wanted is a more general term for the proper way things are done. Look to HTTP for the answer (one word in the acronym).