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John Lanozo


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Is a program that, using the client/server model and the World Wide Web's

Hypertext Transfer Protocol ( HTTP ), serves the files that form Web

pages to Web users (whose computers contain HTTP clients that forward

their requests). Every computer on the Internet that contains a Web site

must have a Web server program. Two leading Web servers are Apache ,

the most widely-installed Web server, and Microsoft's Internet Information

Server ( IIS ). Other Web servers include Novell's Web Server for users of

its NetWare operating system and IBM's family of Lotus Domino servers,

primarily for IBM's OS/390 and AS/400 customers.


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Virtual hosting

To serve many Web sites using one IP address.

A method for hosting multiple domain names on a computer using a

single IP address. This allows one machine to share its resources, such as

memory and processor cycles, to use its resources more efficiently. One

widely used application is shared web hosting. Shared web hosting prices

are lower than a dedicated web server because many customers can be

hosted on a single server.


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Large file Support

To be able to serve files whose size is greater than 2 GB on 32bit OS

Bandwidth throttling

To limit the speed of responses in order to not saturate the

network and to be able to serve more clients.

A reactive measure employed in communication networks

to regulate network traffic and minimize bandwidth congestion.

Bandwidth throttling can occur at different locations on the network.

On a local area network (LAN),a web administrator may employ

bandwidth throttling to help limit network congestion and server

crashes. On a broader level, the Internet Service Provider may use

bandwidth throttling to help reduce a user's usage of bandwidth that is

supplied to the local network.


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This can be used to actively limit a user's upload and download rates on

programs such as Bit Torrent protocols and other file sharing applications,as well as even out the usage of the total bandwidth supplied across all

users on the network. Bandwidth throttling is also often used

in Internet applications, in order to spread a load over a wider network to

reduce local network congestion, or over a number of servers to avoidoverloading individual ones, and so reduce their risk of crashing.


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Server-side scripting

To generate dynamic Web pages, still keeping Web server and Web site

implementations separate from each other.

A web server technology in which a user's request is verified by running a

script directly on the web server to generate dynamic web pages. It is

usually used to provide interactive web sites that interface to databases or

other data stores. This is different from client-side scripting where scripts

are run by the viewing web browser, usually in JavaScript. The primary

advantage to server-side scripting is the ability to highly customize the

response based on the user's requirements, access rights, or queries into

data stores.


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Bhong De VilliaJan Michael Corpuz


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Web server software is used to edit and create Web pages along with

various other HTTP formatted files. Along with editing the information the

Web server software is also responsible for transferring the information to

the requested servers or computers. This process can also be a two-way

task, allowing users to upload mass amounts of information--including

media files and images--onto the Web for storage.


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Apache is consistently the most used web server software. It is an open

source product, which means it is available for free for both commercial

and personal uses. The software can be installed on most operating systems

including Windows, Linux, Unix and Mac OSX. It is a modular software

meaning users can install only the modules that are needed for their

websites.

Apache supports server side programming languages such as PHP, Perl,

Python and TCL. Apache also supports virtual hosting which means more

than one website can be hosted on a single server.


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IIS is the web server software developed by Microsoft. It is proprietary

software that must be purchased. IIS only runs on Windows servers.

According to the Netcraft survey, it is the second most used web server

software.

IIS supports server side languages such as PHP and ASP. Like Apache, IIS

is a modular software, allowing the user to install only required modules.

The software can be deployed across multiple servers rather than running a

separate instance on each server. IIS has both graphical and command line

administration tools and can be managed both locally and remotely

over the Internet.


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Nginx is a web server, reverse proxy server and mail server in a single

package. The software package can be installed on Windows, Linux,

Solaris, FreeBSD and Mac OSX. Like Apache, Nginx is open source and

available for free for all users.

The software uses fewer resources (CPU and memory) than the Apache

and IIS web servers and is considered to be more "lightweight." Nginx is

also a modular software, but the modules must be specified when the

software is compiled. Nginx does not have a large support community and

is harder to administer than the Apache and IIS web servers.

Wordpress.com is one of the sites that is hosted on a Nginx web server.


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Lighttpd is another open source web server application. It is meant for high

performance environments because it uses fewer resources than other web

server solutions. The software only runs on Linux and BSD operating

systems. However, it can be installed on Windows under the Cygwin

software application. The server supports such languages as PHP, Perl,

Ruby and Python.

It also supports virtual hosting, modules and a chroot environment. A

chroot environment provides the ability to specify a separate root directory

other than the operating system's root directory. YouTube and Meebo are

hosted on lighttpd web servers.


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it's file sharing

it's web server

it's open source

it's free

it's guaranteed to contain no malware

Is use to send and receive files. It's different from classic file sharing

because it uses web technology to be more compatible with today's

Internet. It also differs from classic web servers because

it's very easy to use and runs "right out-of-the box".


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Is an open source version of the scalable, non-blocking web server and

tools that power FriendFeed. The FriendFeed application is written using a

web framework that looks a bit like web.py(web Phyton) but with

additional tools and optimizations to take advantage of the underlying non-

blocking infrastructure


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It is open source and free and can run on various platforms like Linux,

Unix, Windows, Mac OS X Free BSD etc. Jigsaw has been written in Java

and can run CGI scripts and PHP programs.


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Includes two web server options with reverse proxy and caching solutions

that lead to quick serving of web pages and easy handling of even the most

demanding http traffic.


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