CAS CS 101 Study Guide - Final Guide: List Of Muppets, Alibaba Group, Heathkit
11 Mar 2016
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Client-server = clients request info, servers send info back (typ web pages: request-response architecture, web servers are just applications that listen for requests and return a response. Popular webs=-servers = iis from microsoft is biggest paid" solution: nginx is a high performance open-source solution, #1 web server on internet = apache. Open source doesn"t mean free, means code behind program is open for everyone to look at. If more people see a code it should be better, open source = transparency in the software world. High quality open-source software libre office (replace microsoft office) and gimp (replace photoshop) Apache: grew out of netscape commercial webserver (late 1990s: periodically spin off new netscape w/ bugs fixed (patches, bug fix = patch, new server = apache! 60% market share in top million sites on the web. Free, robust (open source), secure, easy to maintain, doesn"t req windows. March 2015 apache held 40% market share, then nginx and microsoft.
