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{{Short description|Capability that can be built into web servers and web clients}}

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'''HTTP compression''' is arefers capabilityto the feature that can be built into [[web server]]s and [[web client]]s to improve transfer speed and bandwidth utilization.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/WindowsServer2003/Library/IIS/d52ff289-94d3-4085-bc4e-24eb4f312e0e.mspx?mfr=true|title=Using HTTP Compression (IIS 6.0)|access-date=9 February 2010|publisher=Microsoft Corporation}}</ref>

HTTP data is [[Data compression|compressed]] before it is sent from the server: compliant browsers will announce what methods are supported to the server before downloading the correct format; browsers that do not support compliant compression method will download uncompressed data. The most common compression schemes include [[gzip]] and [[Brotli]]; a full list of available schemes is maintained by the [[Internet Assigned Numbers Authority|IANA]].<ref>RFC 2616, Section 3.5: "The Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) acts as a registry for content-coding value tokens."</ref>