Web Server

 

Web Server Our Definition Sources and Online Definitions Web-o-pedia

 

Our Definition   A web server is a system, running server software, that translates server-side code into client-side code. Web servers can be accessed via the Internet by their IP address and sometimes domain names.

 

Sources and Online Definitions

 

Web-o-pedia

" computer that delivers (serves up) 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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Smart Computing

"A computer that hosts one or more domain names for Web pages and uses special server software to communicate with other servers on the Internet and browsers such as Internet Explorer or Netscape. It is also software used to host Web sites. There's a wide variety of server software, from commercial products such as Microsoft and Netscape's Web servers to free servers, such as Apache. These programs can run on a wide variety of computers but usually run on Unix workstations. Some operating systems for personal computers, such as Windows 98 and MacOS, now also come with their own built-in Web servers that let users host Web pages from their computer. Of course, the server will only work if the computer has a full-time connection to the Internet. Web server can also refer to the computer running a Web server."

 

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