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title: "What is HTTP and what port does it use?"  
description: "What is HTTP and what port does it use?"  
author: "Sandra Emily"  
published: 2022-04-25  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/96985/what-is-http-and-what-port-does-it-use  
category: "troubleshooting"  
tags: ["troubleshooting", "internet", "network layer protocol", "networking"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# What is HTTP and what port does it use?

What is [HTTP](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/12439/why-switching-to-https-is-crucial-for-seo-ranking-and-more) and what [port](https://www.mindstick.com/interview/878/which-tcp-ip-port-does-sql-server-run-on-how-can-it-be-changed) does it use?

## Answers

### Answer by Hitesh Vohra

- **Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP**) is a protocol for transferring (HTTP). The World Wide Web is made possible via the HTTP protocol.
- The Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) is an application-level protocol for hypermedia information systems that are dispersed and collaborative. Since 1990, this has been the foundation for data transfer on the World Wide Web (i.e. the internet). HTTP is a stateless protocol that can be extended to serve additional purposes by modifying its request methods, error codes, and headers.
- **TCP 80** is the default port, although other ports can be used as well. It establishes a common language for computers to speak with one another.
- The HTTP specification defines how clients' request data is built and provided to servers, as well as how servers reply to these requests.

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## Read More: [Explain TCP/IP Model](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/96984/explain-tcp-ip-model)


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