Principles of Information Security (MindTap Course List)
Principles of Information Security (MindTap Course List)
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ISBN: 9781337102063
Author: Michael E. Whitman, Herbert J. Mattord
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 2, Problem 20RQ
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Web server:

It is a server software or hardware that can store the web contents. It is generally used to host the websites and takes the incoming network requests over Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) protocol.

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