A web server is a specific version of a server, that serves the web, usually via HTTP. But there are much more a server could be. It could serve via SMTP and would be called a mail server. Or it could be an application server in the enterprise business domain. This means a web server is just a special form of a server.
I’d argue that web server generally refers to HTTP(S) servers more broadly regardless of whether they’re accessible on the web, a local network or even just the local interface.
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All web servers are servers. Not all servers are web servers.
A server host services. A web server hosts a web service.
A web server is a specific version of a server, that serves the web, usually via HTTP. But there are much more a server could be. It could serve via SMTP and would be called a mail server. Or it could be an application server in the enterprise business domain. This means a web server is just a special form of a server.
The server is the machine, from e.g dell, or a virtual machine subdividing a real piece of equipment
The webserver is a piece of software it runs that responds mostly to HTTP requests. e.g Apache, Nginx, Traefik, Caddy.
All webservers are running on a server. Not all servers run webserver software, they might be a fileserver running samba or nfs.
Samba reminds me of the flamboyant Brazilian dance😆😆😆
Both terms could refer to software or hardware, depending on the context.
The server brings the coffee?
;-)
https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc2324
Thanks 😊😊 Very interesting link.
Please note its an April Fools joke
Thanks. I'd taken it seriously. I'm doing the TOP course.
Oh yes, if you are referring to this instance !!
I’d argue that web server generally refers to HTTP(S) servers more broadly regardless of whether they’re accessible on the web, a local network or even just the local interface.