A web server is computer software and underlying hardware that accepts requests via HTTP (the network protocol created to distribute web content) or its...

(generally a web browser) requests a URL that points to a directory structure instead of an actual web page within the directory structure, the web server will...

The Apache HTTP Server (/əˈpætʃi/ ə-PATCH-ee) is a free and open-source cross-platform web server software, released under the terms of Apache License...

application server is a server that hosts applications or software that delivers a business application through a communication protocol. For a typical web application...

directly to a server that can fulfill a request for a resource, such as a file or web page, the client directs the request to the proxy server, which evaluates...

perform other server-oriented functions. Windows Server 2003 Web is meant for building and hosting Web applications, Web pages, and XML web services. It...

network to a server on a different device. Typical servers are database servers, file servers, mail servers, print servers, web servers, game servers, and application...

A Web cache (or HTTP cache) is a system for optimizing the World Wide Web. It is implemented both client-side and server-side. The caching of multimedia...

Google Web Server (GWS) is proprietary web server software that Google uses for its web infrastructure. GWS is used exclusively inside Google's ecosystem...

provide. For example, a web server serves web pages and a file server serves computer files. A shared resource may be any of the server computer's software...