# apache

/əˈpætʃi/ (US) · /ɐpˈætʃi/ (UK) · CEFR B2 · Noun

Source: https://englishreference.com/word/apache
Updated: 2026-08-15

## Definition

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.

For teachers: 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.

## Examples

- The Apache tribe lived in the desert.
- The company switched to the Apache server to handle more website traffic.
- The Apache web server remains the backbone of many legacy systems, despite the rise of newer, lightweight alternatives in modern cloud architectures.

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