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-Apache is __the
__ WebServer for [Linux]. It also runs on most other OpenSource (
and [not so open source|MicrosoftWindows]) [OperatingSystem]s. It started life as a heap of patches circulating for [NCSA]'s __httpd__ which was no longer maintained. Eventually, a group
of developers collected all
the patches and consolidated them into their own version
of the web server - "A Patchy Server". Hence the name, "
[Apache
] Server"
.
+Apache is __''The''
__ WebServer for [Linux] and one
of the critical components
of [LAMP
].
-Apache
is one
of the critical components
of [LAMP] ([Linux]/[Apache]/[MySQL]/[PHP])
.
+Well, actually, it
is now the umbrella name for a whole range
of OpenSource projects under
the reign of the ApacheSoftwareFoundation. The WebServer is but one
of many their projects
. In their own words:
-; According to http://httpd.apache.org: :
The Apache [HTTP] Server Project is an effort to develop and maintain an open-source
HTTP server for modern operating systems
including [UNIX] and [WindowsNT]. The goal of this project is to provide a secure, efficient and extensible server that provides HTTP services in sync with the current HTTP standards. %%% %%% Apache has been the most popular web server on the Internet since April of 1996. The July 2003 [Netcraft] Web Server Survey found that 63% of the web sites on the Internet are using Apache, thus making it more widely used than all other web servers combined
.
+
The [
Apache]
[HTTP] Server Project is an effort to develop and maintain an OpenSource [
HTTP]
server for modern OperatingSystem~s
including [UNIX] and [WindowsNT]. The goal of this project is to provide a secure, efficient and extensible server that provides [
HTTP]
services in sync with the current [
HTTP]
standards.
-The
Apache OpenSourceProject
has many subprojects (which they confusingly call projects, but never mind), including:
the Apache [HTTP] Server,
the [Ant
] build program,
the [XML] project (which releases [Xerces
], [Xalan]
and [AXIS
]) and the
[PHP
] ProgrammingLanguage
.
+ [
Apache]
has been
the most popular WebServer on
the InterNet since April of 1996. The July 2003
[Netcraft
] WebServer Survey found that 63% of
the WebSite~s on the InterNet are using
[Apache
], thus making it more widely used than all other WebServer~s combined.
+
+It runs on most OpenSource (
and [not so open source|MicrosoftWindows
]) OperatingSystem~s. It started life as a heap of patches for
[NCSA
]'s at the time no longer maintained __httpd__, circulating among SysAdmin~s. Eventually, a group of developers collected all the patches and consolidated them into their own version of the web server. Hence the name, a play on words on “A Patchy Server
.”
See Also:
* RewriteRules
* ApacheNotes
-* ApacheTomcat
+* ApacheSoftwareFoundation
