Wikipedia: Web server

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* a computer box resposible for serving web pages, mostly HTML documents, via * HTTP protocol to web clients, mostly web browsers

* a computer box responsible for serving web pages, mostly HTML documents, via HTTP protocol to web clients, mostly web browsers

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* /Apache? from Apache Software Foundation
* [/Internet Information Server]? (IIS) from Microsoft
* [/Roxen?]] from [Roxen Internet Software]? (RIS)
** /Caudium?
* /AOLserver? from AOL
* /THTTPD?

* Apache server from Apache Software Foundation
* [Internet Information Server]? (IIS) from Microsoft
* Roxen? from [Roxen Internet Software]? (RIS)
** Caudium?
* AOLserver? from AOL
* THTTPD?

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[[www.netcraft.com]].

http://www.netcraft.com/survey .

The term web server can mean two things :

a computer box responsible for serving web pages, mostly HTML documents, via HTTP protocol to web clients, mostly web browsers
a software program that is working as a daemon serving (mostly) HTML documents

The most important HTTP Web Servers are :

Apache server from Apache Software Foundation
[Internet Information Server]? (IIS) from Microsoft
Roxen? from [Roxen Internet Software]? (RIS)
- Caudium?
AOLserver? from AOL
THTTPD?

The most popular web server (about 62% of the market) is available from the Apache Software Foundation.

You can find the current web servers statistics from http://www.netcraft.com/survey .