HTTP Server Instance

A HTTP Server Instance is a server system instance of an HTTP server software (that delivers an HTTP-based service)

• AKA: Web Server.
• Context:
  • It can (typically) receive HTTP Request Messages (from HTTP clients).
  • It can (typically) updated a Web Log.
  • It can (typically) be based on a HTTP Server Platform, such as Apache web server.
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• Example(s):
  • the one that supports http://www.gabormelli.com
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• See: HTTP, Web Client, Wiki System, Web Hosting Service.

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References

2016

• (Wikipedia, 2016) ⇒ http://wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_server Retrieved:2016-4-28.
  • A web server is an information technology that processes requests via HTTP, the basic network protocol used to distribute information on the World Wide Web. The term can refer either to the entire computer system, an appliance, or specifically to the software that accepts and supervises the HTTP requests.

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