Which protocol is primarily used by web browsers to request and display web…

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Which protocol is primarily used by web browsers to request and display web pages from a server?

  1. A.

    SMTP

  2. B.

    HTTP

  3. C.

    DNS

  4. D.

    SNMP

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Correct answer: B

Web browsers primarily use the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) to request and display web pages from a server. HTTP is the standard application-layer protocol designed for transmitting hypermedia documents like HTML.

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