what is the difference between Web Server and HTTP Server?

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hi friends,

i want to know the difference between Web Server and HTTP Server?

Posted 7-Jun-11 5:22am

guendouz bachir

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 7-Jun-11 15:05pm

Incorrect question. What do you want to know on each of them?
--SA

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There is no difference.

Posted 7-Jun-11 5:27am

#realJSOP

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Ciumac Sergiu 7-Jun-11 11:55am

Succinct, and right.

Manfred Rudolf Bihy 7-Jun-11 12:19pm

Not quite so! Please see my answer for some subtle differences.

Manfred Rudolf Bihy 7-Jun-11 12:03pm

Not quite correct, John!
Please see my answer.

guendouz bachir 7-Jun-11 12:22pm

there are differences between Web Server and HTTP Server friends, see below (é_à)

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Manfred Rudolf Bihy · Accepted Answer · 2011-06-07T06:01:00

HTTP is a protocol as the captial P in HTTP indicates. So a pure HTTP server would be a server that answers to this protocol only. Most of the web servers out in the wild also support other protocols like FTP and others have protocols that work over HTTP as a transport service. If you really are interested in this kind of thing please refer to some of the links below:

Please feel free to google some on your own. If you have still any doubts as to the difference please leave a comment!

Cheers!

-MRB