HTTP server:

An HTTP server, also called a Web server, uses the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) to provide information in hypertext format. Client software relays this input from the user to the server and displays information from the server in HTTP format. Other types of Internet-based servers include File Transfer Protocol (FTP) and Gopher. The Web is a network consisting of all these types of servers. The most popular HTTP servers are Apache Web Server, iPlanet Enterprise Server (formerly Netscape), Zeus Web Server, and Microsoft Internet Information Server (IIS).

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