What is Web Server?

A web server is a system that serves the web pages (include content, images, etc.) to a web browser. A web server comprises the physical server, server system software (Apache or Microsoft’s IIS or other) and server OS (Windows or Linux or other).

A web browser communicates with the web server via HTTP. Whenever a web browser sends an HTTP request to a web server, the web server responds with HTML webpages and some additional information like java applets and others.

The web servers are the basic blocks on which a web hosting company works. You can find more by reading How Does Web Hosting Works?

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Let's say you have a website or a programme, and it needs to access a great portion of users, all from different locations. In that case, you need a server where your website or application will be set up and which users will be then able to access it using any type of browser.
 
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