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What is HTTP/2?
HTTP/2: A major revision of the web protocol that sends many requests at once over a single connection, compresses headers and uses a binary framing layer. It reduces delay compared with HTTP/1.1 and is the transport for gRPC.
HTTP/2: an example
A browser fetches page scripts, images and styles in parallel over one HTTP/2 connection.
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Where you learn it
HTTP/2 is part of the AI Engineering Program, which teaches it with notes, a hands-on lab and an exam. The first lesson is free.