HTTP vs TCP: What's the Real Difference and Why Should You Care? or HTTP vs TCP: Which One Actually H

OP’s analogy is fire, but here’s another: TCP is the *phone line*, HTTP is the *conversation*.

If you wanna geek out, `lsof -i` shows active TCP connections, and you’ll often spot HTTP traffic in there.

Also, +1 for Wireshark. It’s like X-ray vision for networking.