Apache HTTP Server
By Pinyo • Sep 6th, 2008 • Category: AApache HTTP Server is UNIX-based, open-source web server that is used to host about half the web sites on the Internet. Originally, Apache was a UNIX product, but now versions for Windows, OS/2 and other platforms exist. As with most open-source projects, there are numerous add-ons and tailored versions of the server available, which are created using the Apache module API. The name comes from its origins as a series of “patch files.”
According to statistics from the firm Netcraft, Apache is the most widely deployed web server in the world as of 2005. Microsoft’s Internet Information Services (IIS) is the main competitor to Apache, followed by Sun Microsystem’s Sun Java System Web Server.
For more information, please visit the Apache Software Foundation web site.
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