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Only HTTP is text based. TCP, IP, and link-layer protocols are binary. HTTP is text based because it is a protocol for transferring (hyper)text and so was inte
by Perdition 11y ago
Only HTTP is text based. TCP, IP, and link-layer protocols are binary.
HTTP is text based because it is a protocol for transferring (hyper)text and so was intended to be human readable like hypertext is.