newbie seeks advice on understanding http protocol

Hi
The HTTP protocol is so fundamental to the world wide web and all web
applications available today. I have still not really understood what http
practically means. I have read a little of the HTTP specs and I have gained
some understanding. However I would like to write simple programs
illustrating HTTP in a scripting or programming language (like C++ or Java))
to really understand what a request is and what a response is, etc.

For example, I have seen HTTPServeLetRequest class in Java, but I really do
not know what is happening. In short I wish to gain a detailed understanding
of the HTTP protocol. I wish to really understand what the HTTP spec is
talking about and apply it to my programming work.

Any suggestions, advice are appreciated. Thanks for your time.

thanks
ilango
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