Apache HTTP Server

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The Apache HTTP Server is one of the first World Wide Web servers to gain popularity on the Internet. The explosive growth of the Web can be directly correlated with Apache's growth, due primarily to its popularity as a free, open source project.

Apache can be run on a variety of platforms: various Unix and Unix like systems, Microsoft Windows, Novell NetWare, Mac OS X and other operating systems.

History

When first released, Apache was the only viable free/open source alternative to the Netscape Communications Corporation web server (currently known as Sun Java System Web Server). It has since evolved to rival other Unix-based web servers in terms of functionality and performance. Since April 1996, Apache has been the most popular HTTP server on the World Wide Web; as of March 2007 Apache served 58% of all websites.[1]

Apache's Architecture

The 1.x Branch

The 2.0 Branch

The curent 2.2 Branch

References

  1. ↑ March 2007 Web Server Survey. Netcraft (2007-03).

External Links

  • The Apache HTTP Server Project Homepage, one project among many at the Apache Software Foundation
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