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| | The '''Apache server''' has long been the most popular web server software in use. A web server is the part of your website which delivers (or "serves") web pages to browsers. | | The '''Apache server''' has long been the most popular web server software in use. A web server is the part of your website which delivers (or "serves") web pages to browsers. |
| − | The Apache [[HTTP Server]] is provided by the [[Apache Software Foundation]]. It runs on many different operating systems, including [[Unix]], [[Linux]], and [[Windows]]. <ref>http://httpd.apache.org/</ref> | + | The Apache [[HTTP Server]] is provided by the [[Apache Software Foundation]]. It runs on many different operating systems, including [[Unix]], [[Linux]], and [[Windows]].<ref>http://httpd.apache.org/</ref> |
| | + | It is the Web's most successful piece of [[open source]] code.<ref>[https://www.wired.com/techbiz/media/news/2000/02/34302#ixzz167juwoxG Wired]</ref> |
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| | Conservapedia runs the Apache HTTP Server to host [[MediaWiki]]. | | Conservapedia runs the Apache HTTP Server to host [[MediaWiki]]. |
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| − | The name is a play on words, indicating that the software was 'a patchy Web server' during or after original development, when [[software patch]]es were circulated to add features and correct bugs.<ref>'The half-dozen or so volunteer developers in the original project sent in so many revisions, Behlendorf says, the group called it "a patchy Web server."' [http://www.informationweek.com/news/software/open_source/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=196900465 InformationWeek] - January 13, 2007 </ref> | + | The name is a play on words, indicating that the software was 'a patchy Web server' during or after original development, when [[software patch]]es were circulated to add features and correct bugs.<ref>'The half-dozen or so volunteer developers in the original project sent in so many revisions, [[Behlendorf]] says, the group called it "a patchy Web server."' [http://www.informationweek.com/news/software/open_source/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=196900465 InformationWeek] - January 13, 2007</ref><ref>"The [[Apache group]] was formed around a number of people who provided patch files that had been written for NCSA httpd 1.3. The result after combining them was A PAtCHy server." [https://web.archive.org/web/19961028123412/http://www.apache.org/info.html Information on the Apache HTTP Server Project]</ref> |
| − | It also sounds aggressive and successful (see [[Apache tribe]]). It's not clear which came first, the pun or the "respect" for the tribe.<ref>"At first the group referred to their project by the joke name "A Patchy Server" -- in reference to the patches they were applying to the [[NCSA]] server to add features and fixes." [http://www.wired.com/techbiz/media/news/2000/02/34302#ixzz167juwoxG Wired]</ref> | + | |
| | + | It also sounds aggressive and successful (see [[Apache tribe]]). It's not clear which came first, the pun or the nod for the tribe.<ref>"At first the group referred to their project by the joke name "A Patchy Server" -- in reference to the patches they were applying to the [[NCSA]] server to add features and fixes." [https://www.wired.com/techbiz/media/news/2000/02/34302#ixzz167juwoxG Wired]</ref> |
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| | ==External links== | | ==External links== |
| | *[http://https.apache.org/ Apache] | | *[http://https.apache.org/ Apache] |
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| − | [[category:computers]] | + | [[Category:Computers]] |
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| | ==References== | | ==References== |
| | <references/> | | <references/> |