Word
web server
Definitions
01software application
n. the software that delivers web pages and other files to your browser using the internet.
n. a software application that handles HTTP requests from clients and serves back HTML documents or other resources.
“The developer had to restart the web server after updating the site's code.”
“Modern web server software can handle thousands of concurrent connections by efficiently managing system resources and caching frequently accessed data.”
Technical
Usage
Often used to refer specifically to the software stack, such as Apache or Nginx.
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02physical or virtual hardware
n. the actual computer where website files are stored and kept running.
n. the physical or virtual machine dedicated to running server software and hosting web content.
“Our company keeps its web server in a secure data center with backup power.”
“Upgrading the physical web server with more memory significantly reduced the time it took for the website to load during peak traffic hours.”
Technical
Usage
In modern contexts, this often refers to a virtual instance in a cloud environment rather than a physical box.
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Etymology
A compound of web, referring to the World Wide Web, and server, a term used in computing since the 1960s for a device or program that provides data to others. The specific pairing was established by Tim Berners-Lee at CERN in 1990.
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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