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Web server is a specialized computer that stores web pages that can be access via web browser using Internet. Web server is also called HTTP Server. When user type a domain like http://www.domain.com/index.html in web browser it sends request to the server where the site is hosted and the server fetches the information and serving them web pages. Any computer can be worked as a Web Server after installing server software and connecting that particular computer to the internet. Web Servers area also responsible for executing server-side scripts that enables database searching and e-commerce features.

Some basic features of Web Server
•	Generally web server respond to HTTP request sent by user and serving web pages to the requester. Web Server mainly stored HTML documents. It can also be stored raw text files, images, .exe, .pdf, .avi, .mov, etc
•	When bad request come to the web server it has to send an error message. When user trying to fetch web page that is not exist on server, server has to send a custom error page with explanation about problem, so user can understand.
•	Web Server has also ability to store detailed information about client requests and server response. Web Server generates a log file for Webmaster that shows server response, client request, and error log.

Here we have listed some most popular server available in market
1	Internet Information Server (IIS)
2.	Apache Web Server
3.	Zeus Web Server
4.	Jigsaw
5.	iPlanet Web Server
6.	Roxen Web Server
7.	Sun Java System Web Server
8.	Sambar Server