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Web Server
WEB SERVER - A computer that provides World Wide Web services on the Internet. Any computer can be made into a web server if it has server software and is connected to the Internet. Once connected, this server can provide Internet service to one computer to many. It includes the hardware, operating system, Web server software, TCP/IP protocols and the Web site content (Web pages). Every web server has an IP address and domain name.Our district has its' own web server, and the recommended software that we use while connecting to it is Netscape.
For more information on servers, look at the following sites:
ServerWatch.com - http://serverwatch.internet.com/home.html - A comprehensive guide to news, reviews, and server downloads.
WebServer.com - http://webcompare.internet.com/ - A detailed guide to features and specifications of servers.
An article in Boardwatch features a complete guide in how to set up a server - http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/97/feb/bwm39.html
by Cynthia Clark
A Web Server is a term used to refer to the physical hardware (the computer) and the software for a computer system that “hosts” or holds web pages. A web server serves web pages to people using browser software. When I access a web server, I use a fully qualified domain name like www.microsoft.com and I type in this address in the browser address window. DNS has the proper information, and knows where to find the web server that www.microsoft.com refers to.
Web servers provide a variety of services, not only serving web pages but sometimes sending e-mail, processing specialized scripts and data from forms that are on web pages, and providing ftp services. Web servers can provide more than one function but generally are dedicated to the process of serving web pages.
by Amy Fahey
A Web Server is located on a local area network (LAN), with the LAN connected via a router to an Internet access provider. The Internet access provider has a direct connection to a network node on the Internet. A full T3 or switched multimegabit data service (SMDS) connection is usually used to provide Internet access for a large group of organizations. See the flow chart below.
by Jennifer Haberkorn
WEB
Also known as the World Wide Web or the W3. It is a network of file servers using software such as Microsoft's Internet Information Server (IIS) and files to make HTML and other Web documents available for workstations. On the Web, everything is represented as hypertext (in HTML format) and is linked to other documents by their URLs. The Web encompasses http protocol, as well as ftp, Gopher, and Telnet. Many of the files contain hypertext links to other documents available through the network.
CNET Glossary - http://coverage.cnet.com/Resources/Info/Glossary/
by Gloria Henke
NetHandbook Glossary | NetHandbook Home page
Last updated: 31 July 2000