Here is a tutorial that shows some Web Server functionality in terms of Web Hosting for the domain rjmprogramming.com.au via Crazy Domains. It concentrates on the cPanel WHM interface. This is a massive topic covering hardware, networking and software and can only be presented in overview by a stream-of-consciousness type of presentation, as we do here. Maybe for starters, let’s get Wikipedia to define a Web Server.
The term web server can refer to either the hardware (the computer) or the software (the computer application) that helps to deliver web content that can be accessed through the Internet.[1]
The most common use of web servers is to host websites, but there are other uses such as gaming, data storage or running enterprise applications.
Enjoy the tutorial that shows some Web Server functionality in terms of Web Hosting for the domain rjmprogramming.com.au here that we host with an Australian (.au Internet country code top-level domain) domain specialist, Crazy Domains. Many other countries would have web hosting that caters well for their country’s Internet country code top-level domain, and we got a heads up regarding web hosting in India (for .in) via alloverindia.in‘s Hostgator Web Hosting and yourlasthost.com‘s article on reseller hosting.
In terms of your research and development, have a look at the information for the long list below, all information being from Wikipedia:
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