Web Server Explained in 2 minutes
Learn the basics of what a web server is and how it works for web browsing.
In short, a web server stores and publishes web pages and files, handling HTTP requests in a client/server model. It supports protocols like SMTP and FTP. Web servers deliver static content, while application servers generate dynamic content.
Examples of popular web servers:
Apache HTTP server
Nginx
Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS)
Lighttpd
OpenResty
00:00 What is a web server?
00:49 How web server allows web browsing
01:25 Static & dynamic web content