What is web server? What is the Use of Web server?

Web server is a server, it handles HTTP protocol. When web server receive the http request (Ex http://gmail.com), it respond with an http response, such as sending back an HTML page.

In detail below is the example for http request and Http response

Uses of Web server:

1. Reduce the traffic to App server (all static data can handled by Web server only business logic should go Application server)

2. Most secure because it captures the end user system information like

a. IP address,

b. Browser information (which browser),

c. what request user sent

d. which OS end user using and

            e. Date and Time

Examples for web server: