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== Description == | == Description == | ||
The term "web server" can refer either to the entire [[Server (computing)|computer system]], a [[server appliance]], or specifically to the software that accepts and supervises the [[HTTP request|HTTP requests]]. | The term "web server" can refer either to the entire [[Server (computing)|computer system]], a [[server appliance]], or specifically to the software that accepts and supervises the [[HTTP request|HTTP requests]]. | ||
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| + | == HTTP server == | ||
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| + | See [[Apache HTTP Server]]. | ||
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| + | == Node.js == | ||
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| + | [[Node.js]] is a server written in [[JavaScript]]. | ||
== See also == | == See also == | ||
Revision as of 07:16, 11 February 2016
A web server is an information technology that processes requests via HTTP, the basic network protocol used to distribute information on the World Wide Web.
Description
The term "web server" can refer either to the entire computer system, a server appliance, or specifically to the software that accepts and supervises the HTTP requests.
HTTP server
See Apache HTTP Server.
Node.js
Node.js is a server written in JavaScript.
See also
- Communications protocol
- HTTP request
- Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
- Information technology
- localhost
- JavaServer Pages
- Server (computing)
- Server appliance
- World Wide Web
- XAMPP
Exterior links
- Web server @ Wikipedia
