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What is web server software?

April 26, 2017Software web server

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What is web server software?

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A web server is special software capable of servicing HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol) requests. For this reason, web server software is also referred to as HTTP server. OK… in English. A web server is a program (software) helps serve web pages to browsers. FYI, this software is responsible for sending not only the actual web page file to the browser but also any embedded documents such as images, video, audio etc. The web server runs the HyperText Transfer Protocol which is a set of rules for two computers to talk to each other. [And that was my best attempt at putting it in the simplest language possible]. So when you open a web site in your browser (called the client software), a request is sent to the web server on a remote machine. This web server software processes your browser’s request and tries to locate the web page. If it finds it, the web server sends the web page to your browser which then displays it. In case when the web document cannot be located, the server softwar