What is a Web server?

This new model of Client/Server consists of thin, protable, "universal" clients that talk to superfat servers. In the simplet form, a web server returns documents when clients ask for them by name. The clients and server communicate using an RPC-like protocol called HTTP.
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vinitogupta

  • Feb 7th, 2007
 

Web server serves static content to a Web browser by loading a file from a disk and serving it across the network to a user's Web browser. This entire exchange is mediated by the browser and server talking to each other using HTTP.

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sania

  • Mar 12th, 2007
 

A computer that delivers Web pages. Every Web server has an IP address and possibly a domain name. For example, if you enter the URL http://www.pcwebopedia.com/index.html in your browser, this sends a request to the server whose domain name is pcwebopedia.com. The server then fetches the page named index.html and sends it to your browser.

Any computer can be turned into a Web server by installing server software and connecting the machine to the Internet. There are many Web server software applications, including public domain software from NCSA and Apache, and commercial packages from Microsoft, Netscape and others.

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sandivigore

  • Mar 22nd, 2007
 

Bsically web server is a Server that host website and responds to HTTP request.  when a client request the web server by typing the web address in the address bar, the request is sent to the DNS server with the domain name. the web address or URL(Uniform Rescource Locater) has three basic parts. the protocol (Http), server name or domain (domain.com) and file that is to be uploaded (something.html).
 
when the address is typed in the address bar the browser communicates with the server and and the name of the domain name is converted into IP address by DNS, whicn it uses to locate and connect to the webserver. the browser then froms a connection to web server at the IP on port 80. once the webserver is found by DNS then the browser request the require data and is displayed in the webpage.

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