Internet error message In HTTP, the 404 HTTP status code indicates that a web client was able to communicate with a server, but the server could not provide the requested resource. The server may not have the resource or it may not wish to disclose whether it has the resource. The code is often associated with response reason Not Found and is often referred to as page not found or file not found. Wikipedia's most-read article for 7 days in a row: 5,268,481 views in all, peaking at 939,188 on January 2, 2017. Fri, Dec 30: 700,835 views Sat, Dec 31: 643,167 views Sun, Jan 1: 819,432 views Mon, Jan 2: 939,188 views Tue, Jan 3: 895,838 views Wed, Jan 4: 735,698 views Thu, Jan 5: 534,323 views Wiki link