Difference between revisions of "Web Server"

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A Web Server is the combination of computer hardware and computer software which can serve web pages to a Web Browser.

Almost any computer equipment (hardware) can act as a web server. Because of the ubiquity of the web browser, most server hardware also contain small web servers, e.g.

Firewall hardware
Load balancing hardware
Personal home router
Networking switches

However, for most intents and purposes, a dedicated web server consists of:

Server hardware (from HP, Dell, IBM, Sun, Apple, etc.)
An operating system (Linux, NetBSD, FreeBSD, Debian, Mandrake, Windows Server, etc.)
Web server software (Apache, or Microsoft Internet Information Server)

Note that a web server can refer to the hardware/software platform to deliver web pages to a Web browser, or just the software itself.

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