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Web server

Meaning in software engineering, with examples

nounCommon term

In software engineering, web server means: Software, such as Nginx or Apache, that accepts HTTP requests and serves web pages and files; the term is also used for the machine that runs it.

In Turkish: web sunucusu

How it is used

Developers configure, restart and tune web servers, often placing Nginx in front of an application server as a reverse proxy. Typical tasks include redirects, compression and SSL settings.

Example sentences

  1. The redirect is set up in the web server config, not in the app.

  2. After you change the config, reload the web server.

Common collocations

  • configure a web server
  • reverse proxy
  • web server logs
  • restart the web server
  • serverA computer or program that waits for requests from browsers and other clients and sends back pages, files or data.
  • hostingA service that keeps a website's files and code on servers connected to the internet, so that people can visit the site at any time.
  • SSL certificateA digital file installed on a server that proves the site's identity and lets the browser set up an encrypted HTTPS connection.
  • HTTPHypertext Transfer Protocol: the set of rules that browsers and servers use to send requests and responses across the web.

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