How does An Apache Web Server Work?
History Apache was initially referred to as ‘patchy’ as the first version of Apache became available as a series of patches. In April 1995, version 0.6.2 of Apache was publicly released. After some months, in December 1995, Apache 1.0 was released and became a hit on the Web, making it the most-used web server. In 1999, the Apache Software Foundation was formed to obtain financial, organizational, and legal support for the server. Facts Apache web server is free as it is developed by an open source community. You can download the program from its website and install it on your own. Installing the server on Linux may require a working knowledge of programming. But on Windows, you can run it via a user-friendly graphical user interface (GUI). The latest version of the Apache server is currently on version 2.2, which came out in 2006. Capabilities The Apache web server is equipped with a lot of capabilities, enabling it to support various scripts and modules for the web. The server suppor