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apache

n. countable
B2 Upper Intermediate US //əˈpætʃi// UK //ɐpˈætʃi// apache Archaic Informal

n. a member of a group of Indigenous peoples of the Southwestern United States. In computing, it refers to a popular open-source web server software.

n. a member of any of the Indigenous peoples of the Southwestern United States and Northern Mexico. In computing, it refers to the Apache HTTP Server, a widely used open-source web server software.


SIMPLE

The Apache tribe lived in the desert.

CONTEXTUAL

The company switched to the Apache server to handle more website traffic.

COMPLEX

The Apache web server remains the backbone of many legacy systems, despite the rise of newer, lightweight alternatives in modern cloud architectures.

Origin

From American Spanish apache, most likely from Zuni ʔa·paču (“Navajos”), or possibly from the Yavapai word ʔpačə, meaning "people". The web server software was named to honor the Apache people, although much has been made of the fact that its design was "patchy" (constructed by assembling software patches). See Apache HTTP Server § Name. The Parisian gangsters were named after the American tribe because of their aggressive reputation.

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