Computer Science · Computer Networks
HTTP & Web Protocols
A topic within Computer Networks, itself one of 10 topics in that field and part of Computer Science.
Reading for Computer Networks
2Then
Assumes you know the vocabulary.
- BookComputer Networks: A Systems ApproachLarry Peterson & Bruce Davie, 1996
Teaches networking as layered system design rather than as protocol trivia, so the reasons for the layers survive the details.
- BookComputer Networking: A Top-Down ApproachJames F. Kurose & Keith W. Ross, 2000
Teaches networking from the application layer downwards, so protocols are met as answers to problems you already understand.