Functions of Web server
Posted on August 15, 2008
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First and foremost thing you must note is that that this is a two-sided story. Web servers are responsible for storing and exchanging information with other machines/servers. So because of this, at least 2 participants are required for each exchange of information: a client, which requests the information, and a server, which stores it. Each side also requires a piece of software to negotiate the exchange of data; in the case of the client, a browser like Netscape or Internet Explorer is used. On the server side, however, things are not very simple. There is a myriad of software options available, but they all have a similar task: to negotiate data transfers between clients and servers via HTTP(HyperText Transfer Protocol), the communications protocol of the Web. What type of server software you are able to run depends on the Operating System installed on the server. For example, Microsoft Internet Information Server is a popular choice for Windows NT, while many Linux fans choose Apache Web server.
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