Web Servers

Question 1

What is the purpose of a Web Server?

Answer 1

A program which uses HTTP to serve files to form Web Pages for users in response to their requests. This is forwarded by their computers’ HTTP clients.

Question 2

What does a Web Server consist of?

Answer 2

A physical server, server operating system and software used to facilitate HTTP communication.

Question 3

List four types of Server Stacks!

Answer 3

LAMP, MAMP, XAMPP and WAMP.

Question 4

What does the LAMP stack consist of?

Answer 4

L = Linux Operating System, A = Apache Server, M = My SQL relation database management system and P = PHP server programming language.

Question 5

What does the XAMPP stack consist of?

Answer 5

X = Cross Platform, A = Apache Server, M = MariaDB, P = PHP Server and P = Perl.

Question 6

What is the purpose of web hosting software?

Answer 6

Allows hosting of HTML pages and other content on the Internet.

Question 7

What is the purpose of an application server?

Answer 7

Software framework providing facilities to create web applications and a server environment to run them.

Question 8

What is the purpose of a relational database management systems?

Answer 8

Data which is stored and presented as relations.

Question 9

What is the purpose of a CMS?

Answer 9

It is software used to create and manage digital content, it also allows collaboration and supports multiple users.

Question 10

What are the two most common servers?

Answer 10

Linux Services and Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS).