What is a Web Server? known also as HTTP server

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An HTTP server or web server is a server that responds to an HTTP request issued by a HTTP client

A HTTP server is also known as a web server. They are synonyms.

A server stores and/or creates resources such as HTML files and images—.

A web site is stored on a server.

Type

Origin

The server that sends the response is called the origin server and is identified by the origin value

Example

Web - Server





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