Web+Server

=Web Server=

By Linda Che

A web server is a computer program that delivers web pages, by using HTTP, over the World Web. Every web server will have an IP address, some also have a domain name. A web server works by sending the URL in your browser to the domain server. A name server then translates the URL into an IP address. Following that a GET request is sent to the web server. This tells the server which web page you want to see. Then the web page is sent back in HTML text format, which is formatted to fit your screen. Large and powerful servers delivers the information faster the the smaller servers. If the server cannot handle large amounts of information, then the process will be slower.

The web server was started by Tim Berners-Lee. He wanted to make the exchange of information between scientists easier by using a hypertext system. In the process he created two programs: the World Wide Web, and the first web server, CERN httpd.

Now the most popular web server is the Apache httpd web server. It has been popular since April 1996. The goal of this web server is to provide a safe server that meets the current HTTP standards.