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.

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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.

See also

• Communications protocol
• [[HTTP request
• Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
• Information technology
• localhost
• Server (computing)
• Server appliance
• World Wide Web
• XAMPP

Exterior links

• Web server @ Wikipedia