24.3 Apache web server
24.3.1 Web server and Apache
24.3.1.1 Web server
By installing a web site on the Internet, people can access the site through a web browser, view the data they want, and do other various necessary works.
A web server is required to install and operate such a web site. People send various client requests to a web site through a web browser. At this time, web server is the application to perform functions that receive the request from the client, interpret the contents, perform necessary processing, and then return the web page contents of the corresponding web site to the client.