Word info

web server

Noun

Meaning

(software) software that delivers Web pages and other documents to browsers using the HTTP protocol.

(computer hardware) the computer on which such software runs.

Web server (plural Web servers)

Alternative form of web server

web-server (plural web-servers)

Alternative form of web server

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Alternative names

web-server

Examples

A JavaScript Web server would typically expose host objects representing HTTP request and response objects, which a JavaScript program could then interrogate and manipulate to dynamically generate Web pages. Source: Internet

Deployment A Web server that supports CGI can be configured to interpret a URL that it serves as a reference to a CGI script. Source: Internet

A cookie is a small amount of data that is sent to your browser from a Web server and stored on your computer’s hard drive. Source: Internet

After you download the bundled certificate, intermediate certificate, and your issued SSL certificate, install all of the files on your Web server. Source: Internet

Domino can be a Web server for HTML files; authentication of access to Domino databases or HTML files uses the IBM Domino user directory and external systems such as Microsoft Active Directory. Source: Internet

In some cases, crawlers may be accidentally trapped in a crawler trap or they may be overloading a Web server with requests, and the owner needs to stop the crawler. Source: Internet

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