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Could be on topic if started on SF but perfectly on topic for SO and should not be migrated away from there. Compiling is compiling, no matter who wrote the ode.
That was just one example that popped into my head. It's just that I see X11 as being the more valid case that just X, because it's much more obvious what it's referring to.
I don't feel the need to provide a reference for what is, or at least should be, common knowledge. I realise you're only young but even so you must have come across the term before without it referring to HTTP.
Basic authentication is not limited to HTTP. The term "basic authentication" has been used to describe clear text name and password authentication of just about anything since long before HTTP even existed.
I could understand asking why a question was closed but I don't understand asking if it's because of a topic that you have already seen is quite clearly on topic.
