A web server is computer software and underlying hardware that accepts requests via HTTP (the network protocol created to distribute web content) or its...
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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...
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(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...
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server-side dynamic web page is a web page whose construction is controlled by an application server processing server-side scripts. In server-side scripting...
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hostnames to be hosted by a single server (usually a web server) on the same IP address. To achieve this, the server uses a hostname presented by the client...
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the network through web servers and can be accessed by programs such as web browsers. Servers and resources on the World Wide Web are identified and located...
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The Apache HTTP Server (/əˈpætʃi/ ə-PATCH-ee) is a free and open-source cross-platform web server, released under the terms of Apache License 2.0. It...
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perform other server-oriented functions. Windows Server 2003 Web is meant for building and hosting Web applications, Web pages, and XML web services. It...
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the static web page dynamic. Static web pages are often HTML documents, stored as files in the file system and made available by the web server over HTTP...
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application server is a server that hosts applications or software that delivers a business application through a communication protocol. For a typical web application...
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The Web Server Gateway Interface (WSGI, pronounced whiskey or WIZ-ghee) is a simple calling convention for web servers to forward requests to web applications...
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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...
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Wide Web. Companies providing web hosting services are sometimes called web hosts. Typically, web hosting requires the following: one or more servers to...
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HTTPS (redirect from Secure Server)
that even on a correctly configured web server, eavesdroppers can infer the IP address and port number of the web server, and sometimes even the domain name...
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Caddy is an extensible, cross-platform, open-source web server written in Go. The name "Caddy" refers both to a helper for tedious tasks, and a way to...
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Eclipse Jetty is a Java web server and Java Servlet container. While web servers are usually associated with serving documents to people, Jetty is now...
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refers, may include Web engineering, Web design, Web content development, client liaison, client-side/server-side scripting, Web server and network security...
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Google Web Server (GWS) is proprietary web server software that Google uses for its web infrastructure. GWS is used exclusively inside Google's ecosystem...
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HTTP cookie (redirect from Web browser cookie)
cookie (also called web cookie, Internet cookie, browser cookie, or simply cookie) is a small block of data created by a web server while a user is browsing...
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for such services. Servers are classified by the services they provide. For example, a web server serves web pages and a file server serves computer files...
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List of HTTP status codes (redirect from Web server codes)
requester has asked the server to switch protocols and the server has agreed to do so. 102 Processing (WebDAV; RFC 2518) A WebDAV request may contain many...
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contents directly in an HTTP web server by providing facilities for concurrency control and namespace operations, thus allowing the Web to be viewed as a writeable...
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The Oracle iPlanet Web Proxy Server (OiWPS), formerly known as Sun Java System Web Proxy Server (SJSWPS), is a proxy server software developed by Sun Microsystems...
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protocol enables full-duplex interaction between a web browser (or other client application) and a web server with lower overhead than half-duplex alternatives...
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Web server benchmarking is the process of estimating a web server performance in order to find if the server can serve sufficiently high workload. The...
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LiteSpeed Web Server (LSWS) is proprietary web server software. It is the 4th most popular web server, estimated to be used by 13.9% of websites as of...
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Netscape Enterprise Server, iPlanet Web Server, Sun ONE Web Server, and Sun Java System Web Server. Oracle iPlanet Web Server is available on Solaris, Windows...
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page from a particular website, the browser retrieves its files from a web server and then displays the page on the user's screen. Browsers can also display...
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An in-kernel web server is an unlimited HTTP server that runs in kernel space or equivalent. It is also known as "accelerator". Performance: the path taken...
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