Web server
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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
