Server and Its Types | Learn HTML
There are many types of server but at this time we discuss few of them.
- Web Server
- Application Server
- Web Services
- Web Agents
Web Server
A Web server is a program that uses HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol) to serve the files that form Web pages to users, in response to their requests, by HTTP clients. Dedicated computers and appliances may be referred to Web servers as well.
Application Server
An application server is a software framework that provides both facilities to create web applications and a server environment to run them. It acts as a set of components accessible to the developer through an API defined by the platform itself.
Web Services
Web services are client and server applications that communicate over the World Wide Web (WWW) using HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP). Typically Web Service resides on a Web Server and use XML to communicate messages.
Web Agents
These are the Software applications that are used by users to communicate to a Web server to retrieve resources or receive data. Web Browser is a typical example of Web/User Agent application.