HTTPS

extension of the HTTP communications protocol to support TLS encryption
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HTTPS

Summary

HTTPS is a computer network protocol[1]. HTTPS ranks in the top 0.95% of computer_network_protocol entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,211 views/month, #3 of 317).[2]

Key Facts

  • HTTPS's image is recorded as Internet2.svg[3].
  • HTTPS's instance of is recorded as computer network protocol[4].
  • HTTPS's subclass of is recorded as HTTP[5].
  • HTTPS's Commons category is recorded as HTTPS[6].
  • +1994-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of HTTPS[7].
  • HTTPS's publication date is recorded as +2000-00-00T00:00:00Z[8].
  • HTTPS's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03jkw[9].
  • HTTPS's described by source is recorded as RFC 2818: HTTP Over TLS[10].
  • HTTPS's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/HTTPS[11].
  • HTTPS's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://stackoverflow.com/tags/https[12].
  • HTTPS's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://webmasters.stackexchange.com/tags/https[13].
  • HTTPS's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://wordpress.stackexchange.com/tags/https[14].
  • HTTPS's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://serverfault.com/tags/https[15].
  • HTTPS's port is recorded as {'amount': '+443'}[16].
  • HTTPS's port is recorded as {'amount': '+443'}[17].
  • HTTPS's port is recorded as {'amount': '+443'}[18].
  • HTTPS's different from is recorded as Secure Hypertext Transfer Protocol[19].
  • HTTPS's uses is recorded as Transport Layer Security[20].
  • HTTPS's Quora topic ID is recorded as HTTPS[21].
  • HTTPS's Zhihu topic ID is recorded as 19568367[22].
  • HTTPS's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as HTTPS[23].
  • HTTPS's Uniform Resource Identifier Scheme is recorded as https[24].
  • HTTPS's TDKIV term ID is recorded as 000000616[25].
  • HTTPS's OSI Model layer location is recorded as application layer[26].
  • HTTPS's Mozilla Developer Network article is recorded as Glossary/https[27].

Body

Publication

HTTPS's publication date is recorded as +2000-00-00T00:00:00Z[8].

Why It Matters

HTTPS ranks in the top 0.95% of computer_network_protocol entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,211 views/month, #3 of 317).[2] HTTPS has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] HTTPS is known by 41 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
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  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . iana.org. iana.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . iana.org. Retrieved . iana.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . iana.org. Retrieved . iana.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . RFC 7230: Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP/1.1): Message Syntax and Routing. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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MLA “HTTPS.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/https.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_https_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{HTTPS}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/https}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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