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== Advantages == There are a few advantages to using HTTP to perform the above:{{citation needed|date=December 2021}} * HTTP is a well studied cross-platform protocol and there are mature implementations freely available; * HTTP is seldom blocked by [[Firewall (computing)|firewall]]s and [[intranet]] [[Router (computing)|router]]s; * HTTP clients (e.g. [[web browser]]s) are readily available with all modern computers; * there is a growing tendency of using embedded HTTP servers in applications that parallels the rising trends of [[Home network|home-networking]] and [[ubiquitous computing]].
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