What is web server?

[Gopesh]

Hello all,
I have one simple question for all. What is web server and what is the use of it?

Thank you for any reply.

[Jackson2]

The term web server can mean one of two things:

• A computer program that is responsible for accepting HTTP requests from clients, and serving them HTTP responses along with optional data contents, which usually are web pages such as HTML documents and linked objects.
• A computer that runs a computer program as described above.

[Techno01]

Web server delivers the web pages on internet. You can create web server with any computer by installing server software and connecting it to the internet. Web server uses the client-server model and the World Wide Web's Hypertext Transfer Protocol. The term "web server" also refers to the piece of software that runs on those computers, accepting HTTP connections from web browsers and delivering web pages and other files to them.

[Trio]

Web server program is software that runs on the web site hosting Server computer. Its main purpose is to serve web pages; which means it waits for requests from web browsers and responds by sending the required data back. If web servers don't respond you cannot surf the net. Here is how web servers work.