What is the difference between HTTP 1.1 and HTTP 2.0?

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user1968030 picture user1968030 · Feb 18, 2015 · Viewed 133.1k times · Source

HTTP/1.1 has served the Web well for more than fifteen years, but its age is starting to show.

Can anybody explain what is the main difference between HTTP 1.1 and 2.0?

Is there any change in the transport protocol?

Answer

84RR1573R picture 84RR1573R · Feb 18, 2015

HTTP/2 supports queries multiplexing, headers compression, priority and more intelligent packet streaming management. This results in reduced latency and accelerates content download on modern web pages.

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