Internet and computer basics
HTTPS
HTTP is the set of rules (a protocol) a browser and a website use to send pages back and forth. HTTPS is HTTP sent over a connection protected by TLS: TLS encrypts what is sent and uses a digital certificate to check that the browser is really talking to the server for the address shown. Sites whose address starts with "https://" use HTTPS. On a site that is only "http://", what is sent can be read or changed along the way. HTTPS shows only that the connection to that address is encrypted; it does not mean the site belongs to the company it claims to be or that it is safe, and many phishing sites use HTTPS too.
More terms on this topic
- API (application programming interface)
- Certificate authority (CA)
- Cloud service
- Data center
- Desktop app
- Device, USB and removable storage
- Email, attachments and forms
- FTP / SFTP
- Hosting / rented server
- MDM (mobile device management)
- Mobile app
- Network
- Operating system (OS)
- PDF / CSV
- PHP
- Remote access / RDP
- SaaS (software as a service)
- Server
- Social network / SNS
- Software, programs and apps
- TLS
- URL, domain name, IP address and DNS
- VPN (virtual private network)
- Web application
- Web, website and home page