Web server is the principal computer or server that stores contents of different website. It provides data and information to computers on request which are connected to it through the network via internet.
In other words, it can be said that it is a computer that stores data and runs software that are designed to send web pages in file format when requested by web browsers.
The server is usually a computer of high configuration i.e. with a large storage capacity and high speed processor instruction very fast.
Web server is responding for accepting request from client, i.e., web browser and responding in the form of web pages. It accepts connections from web browser all over the internet and when requested send them HTML documents using HTTP protocol. The server computers should have a high speed connection of internet and should be powerful enough to handle multiple simultaneous connections at a time.
Some popular web server are Apache, IBM, Lotus, 'Internet Information Server (IIS)' of Microsoft, etc. Apache is an open source web server.
A web client is the host computer that request different types of services from the web server. The clients may be PCs, Software or workstations.
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