Web server

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