Question

HTTP defines two ways in which values entered by a user at the browser can be sent to the Web server. The _____ method encodes the values as part of the URL.

(a) Post

(b) Get

(c) Read

(d) Argument

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Answer 1

Correct option is (b) Get

To explain: For example, if the Google search page used a form with an input parameter

named q with the get method, and the user typed in the string “silberschatz” and submitted the form, the browser would request the following URL from the Web server: http://www.google.com/search?q=silberschatz.