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    The document discusses different types of web servers. It begins by defining a web server as a computer that stores web content and hosts websites. It then describes how web servers work by searching for requested pages and sending HTTP responses. Finally, it provides details on some popular web server software including Apache HTTP Server, Internet Information Services (IIS), Lighttpd, Sun Java System Web Server, and Jigsaw Server.

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    The document discusses different types of web servers. It begins by defining a web server as a computer that stores web content and hosts websites. It then describes how web servers work by searching for requested pages and sending HTTP responses. Finally, it provides details on some popular web server software including Apache HTTP Server, Internet Information Services (IIS), Lighttpd, Sun Java System Web Server, and Jigsaw Server.

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    The document discusses different types of web servers. It begins by defining a web server as a computer that stores web content and hosts websites. It then describes how web servers work by searching for requested pages and sending HTTP responses. Finally, it provides details on some popular web server software including Apache HTTP Server, Internet Information Services (IIS), Lighttpd, Sun Java System Web Server, and Jigsaw Server.

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    Server Tier

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    The document discusses different types of web servers. It begins by defining a web server as a computer that stores web content and hosts websites. It then describes how web servers work by searching for requested pages and sending HTTP responses. Finally, it provides details on some popular web server software including Apache HTTP Server, Internet Information Services (IIS), Lighttpd, Sun Java System Web Server, and Jigsaw Server.

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    The Server-tier

    Web Server Concept


     Web server is a computer where the web content is stored.
     Web Server used to host the wen sites but there exist other web servers also such as gaming,
    storage, FTP, email etc.
     Web site is collection of web pages where as web server is software that responds to the request
    of web resources.
    Web server working

     When client sends request for a web page, the web server search for the requested page if
    requested page is found then it will send it to client with an HTTP response.
     If the requested web page is not found, web server will the send an HTTP response:Error
    404 Not found.
     If client has requested for some other resources then the web server will contact to the
    application server and data store to construct the HTTP response
    Web Server Description

     Apache HTTP Server


    This is the most popular web server in the world developed by the Apache Software
    Foundation. Apache web server is an open source software and can be installed on almost
    all operating systems including Linux, UNIX, Windows, FreeBSD, Mac OS X and more.
    About 60% of the web server machines run the Apache Web Server.
     Internet Information Services (IIS)
    The Internet Information Server (IIS) is a high performance Web Server from Microsoft.
    This web server runs on Windows NT/2000 and 2003 platforms (and may be on upcoming
    new Windows version also). IIS comes bundled with Windows NT/2000 and 2003;
    Because IIS is tightly integrated with the operating system so it is relatively easy to
    administer it
    Contd…

     Lighttpd
    The lighttpd, pronounced lighty is also a free web server that is distributed with the FreeBSD
    operating system. This open source web server is fast, secure and consumes much less CPU
    power. Lighttpd can also run on Windows, Mac OS X, Linux and Solaris operating systems.
     Sun Java System Web Server
    This web server from Sun Microsystems is suited for medium and large web sites. Though the
    server is free it is not open source. It however, runs on Windows, Linux and UNIX platforms. The
    Sun Java System web server supports various languages, scripts and technologies required for
    Web 2.0 such as JSP, Java Servlets, PHP, Perl, Python, and Ruby on Rails, ASP and Coldfusion etc
     Jigsaw Server
    Jigsaw (W3C's Server) comes from the World Wide Web Consortium. It is open source and free
    and can run on various platforms like Linux, UNIX, Windows, and Mac OS X Free BSD etc.
    Jigsaw has been written in Java and can run CGI scripts and PHP programs.

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