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HTTPS¹

proper noun

  1. Internet, abbreviation, initialism Initialism of Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure, an extension to HTTP that uses an encrypted form of data transfer on the Internet.

    Similar: HTTP/TLS

https²

proper noun

  1. Internet, in addresses Alternative letter-case form of HTTPS

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: dns, xmlhttp, www., sftp, smtp, httpd, html, tcp/ip, mhtml, sdch, e-security, nntp, scheme, whatwg, sapi, msie

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"https." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/https. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

https. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/https

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"https." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/https.

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@misc{https_2026,
  title = {https},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/https},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}