- Apache is an open source web server and is the most commonly
used server product on the web today. The Apache Project is a
collaborative software development effort aimed at creating a
robust, commercial-grade, feature filled, and freely-available
source code implementation of an HTTP (Web) server.
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- The project was started in 1995 by a group of volunteers
located around the world, using the Internet and the Web to communicate,
plan, and develop the server and its related documentation. It
is now managed by the Apache Software Foundation (ASF), a not-for-profit
corporation, incorporated in 1999 in Delaware, USA.
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- Originally, Apache was a Unix based product, but now versions
for Windows, OS/2 and other platforms exist. As with most open-source
projects, there are numerous add-ons and tailored versions of
the server available, which are created by using the Apache 'application
program interface' (API), a set of routines, protocols, and tools
for building software applications.
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- What I'm providing here is no where near an "expert"
or inclusive source for Apache. There are plenty of sites for
that around the web. This section is just my personal experience
and notes as an Internet Engineer (iEngineer).
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