Web server

Web server can refer to either the hardware (the computer) or the software (the computer application) that helps to deliver Web content that can be accessed through the Internet. The most common use of web servers is to host websites, but there are other uses such as gaming, data storage or running enterprise applications. The primary function of a web server is to deliver web pages on the request to clients using the Hypertext Transfer Protocol ... More
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