Briefly explain some of the more common HTTP methods.

What will be an ideal response?


HTTP can perform a number of different commands called methods. A few of the more common methods are the following:* GET-Retrieves a particular Web page, which is identified by a URL* HEAD-Uses a given URL to retrieve only the HTTP headers (not the document body) of the Web page* PUT-Sends data from a user's browser to a remote Web site (this method is used, for example, to send a buyer's credit card number to a      Web merchant during a purchasing transaction)* DELETE-Requests that a server delete the information corresponding to a given URL

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