Le serveur web
Example: Le serveur web héberge plusieurs sites accessibles en ligne.
Definition
A "web server" is a computer system or software that hosts websites and delivers web pages to users over the internet. It processes requests from browsers and provides access to content such as HTML files, images, and other resources online.
Etymology
The term "web server" combines 'web,' referring to the World Wide Web, and 'server,' derived from the Latin 'servire,' meaning 'to serve.' It evolved as the internet grew, describing machines that serve web content to users. Did you know? The word 'server' originally described a person who serves, long before computing existed.
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"Le serveur web" appears in the Vocaplus list "French - IT Users - (A1-C2) - set 1", containing 106 commonly used words.
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