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What is a "web server", anyway?

web server: A program that is installed on a computer. It "serves" or "gives out" web pages (html, css, ...) and other web content (images, scripts, movies, ...).

web server: A computer that is connected to a network, and has a web server program installed on it so that it can "serve" web pages. (This often means it is connected to the internet, but it could be just your internal LAN. It could even be just for your own computer — when you are developing with your 'localhost', your computer is web server to yourself.)

Explore all the web server info files

• www.wampserver.com/en/
  WAMP is an installer that sets up on your Windows machine, the Apache web server, MySQL database, and the PHP web programming language.

• How to edit your httpd.conf file
• And here is a glossary of words about the web, including web servers and related things.
• links to sites about web servers, especially Apache
• links to sites about cPanel, a web server management program
• Here is a good article with pictures telling How Web Servers Work at HowStuffWorks.com

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