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feat(http): Add SVG diagrams for HTTP overview page #34251

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Expand Up @@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ Most of the time the user-agent is a Web browser, but it can be anything, for ex
Each individual request is sent to a server, which handles it and provides an answer called the _response_.
Between the client and the server there are numerous entities, collectively called {{Glossary("Proxy_server", "proxies")}}, which perform different operations and act as gateways or {{Glossary("Cache", "caches")}}, for example.

![Client server chain](https://mdn.github.io/shared-assets/images/diagrams/http/overview/client-server-chain.svg)
![A HTTP request from a client forwarded by several proxies to a server and a response taking the same route back to the client.](https://mdn.github.io/shared-assets/images/diagrams/http/overview/client-server-chain.svg)

In reality, there are more computers between a browser and the server handling the request: there are routers, modems, and more.
Thanks to the layered design of the Web, these are hidden in the network and transport layers.
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An example HTTP request:

![A basic HTTP request](https://mdn.github.io/shared-assets/images/diagrams/http/overview/http-request.svg)
![Overview of a HTTP GET request with headers](https://mdn.github.io/shared-assets/images/diagrams/http/overview/http-request.svg)

Requests consist of the following elements:

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An example response:

![HTTP Response image](https://mdn.github.io/shared-assets/images/diagrams/http/overview/http-response.svg)
![Overview of a '200 OK' HTTP response to a GET request including response headers.](https://mdn.github.io/shared-assets/images/diagrams/http/overview/http-response.svg)

Responses consist of the following elements:

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