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What is a Web Server?

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In this article, we will talk about one of the most important and fundamental concepts of IT, and that is a web server. We will explain what servers are, what they do, and how they do it. A server is a computer software and its underlying hardware that accepts requests via HTTP or its secure version HTTPS. HTTP is a network protocol created to distribute web content. A user can access a server via HTTP or HTTPS protocol by sending a request to the server, the server then checks the availability of the content and returns a proper answer to the request of the user. If the content is not available, the server responds with an Error message. There are many types of answers that a server will return to the user, These responses are three-digit numbers like 404 error. The request that the user sends to the server can be in the form of a URL or an address of a website. The URL is entered in a web browser, then the web browser sends the request to the server. There are 2...