Re: SPEC: DNS conventions & "naming" of VRML sites

> I would never presume to explain such a thing. I would direct you to:
>
> http://www.w3.org/hypertext/WWW/Protocols/Overview.html
>
> for the official overview. One thing I can say
> http is very well tuned for retrieving multimedia information, file
> it and all. So it's fast relative to other protocols.

> Perhaps this and related pointers should go into the FAQ.

Indeed, I think and yet it has trouble handling more than one data stream at a time (NB
the haphazard push-pull arranb>ment)? It seems perhaps that http 2.0 is
pressing...

BCnU

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