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Web Server
By
Bhupendra Ratha, Lecturer
School of Library and Information Science
Devi Ahilya University, Indore
Email: [email protected]
Web Server
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A software program or server computer
equipped to offer World Wide Web access.
 Web servers allow you to serve content over
the Internet using the Hyper Text
Markup Language (HTML).
 The Web server accepts requests from browsers
like Netscape and Internet Explorer and then
returns the appropriate HTML documents.
Web Server

A web server is a computer with special software to host
web pages and web applications.
 A computer that provides Web services and pages to
intranet and Internet users.
 A web server serves web pages to clients across the
Internet or an Intranet. The web server hosts the pages,
scripts, programs, and multimedia files and serves them
using HTTP, a protocol designed to send files to web
browsers and other protocols.
 A number of server-side technologies can be used to
increase the power of the server beyond its ability to
deliver standard HTML pages
How Web servers Work - Overview
Web Server and Browser
Interaction

A Web Browser acts as an interface between
the user and the Web server.
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The browser carries out the following on
behalf of the user
– Contacts a web server
– Sends a request for information
– Receives the information and
– Displays it on the user's computer
H/W Requirements
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For Intel-based Windows95/98/ME, Windows
NT 4.0 Workstations
– Intel 486 33 MHz minimum /Pentium 133 MHz
recommended
– 16 MB RAM minimum / 32 MB RAM
recommended
– 40 MB of free HDD Space for installation