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What exactly is a web server?

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15y ago
Updated: 9/10/2019

A web server is the actual program that is responsible for deliver things like web pages using HTTP. So, web servers are the computers, on the web, that deliver web pages to viewers upon their request. Each server has a unique address so it can be found. The term web server can refer to the computer, or the software, that runs the website.

A web server is a computer program that delivers information to the internet. The information usually consists of webpages that are sent to clients. A client is a web browser like Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox.

Simple put web server is an application that hosts websites. The servers use Hyper text transfer protocol (HTTP) to do this. Usually this application is located on a separate computer called the “Server system”. We as users are able to access the websites and webpages because our request to access those sites is completed by the web server for that particular webpage. There are different webs serves currently in used for different operating sy

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