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Answers to Questions about... Web Servers
What is HTTP? What is HTTPd? Is it just me, or are web error codes like "404" a throwback to assembly language? (List of HTTP 1.0 status codes.) What web server software is available for Unix? What web server software is available for Microsoft Windows NT? Is HTTP software available for other platforms? Can I use one computer to serve several webs? How can I create web applications? Should I use CGI or some other method to get at my intranet data? What are Server Side Includes (SSI)? What are ISAPI. NSAPI and WSAPI? What is FastCGI? What are Active Server Pages (ASP)? What is an application server? How do web servers communicate with databases? What role do ODBC, JDBC, OLE-DB and ADO play in creating dynamic web pages? If security is such a big deal on webs, why doesn't this FAQ talk more about it?
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