http:// - Transfer Protocol or Server Type:
The first part of the address, "http"
(hypertext transport
protocol) is the method by which HTML
(hypertext markup
language) files are transferred over the
Web. HTML is the coding that creates web pages. A browser,
like Internet Explorer or Netscape, reads this code and displays
the pages in the user-friendly format that makes the Web so
easy to browse with a click of the mouse.