What's considered the 'backbone' of the World Wide Web?
A
Uniform resource locator (URL)
B
Hypertext mark-up language (HTML)
C
Hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP)
D
File transfer protocol (FTP)
E
None of these
Correct Answer: Hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP)
The world wide web uses something called hypertext transfer protocol (the HTTP you've seen in web addresses) as the basis for communicating and distributing information.