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Web server

nounid 4654·updated May 9, 2026
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Using the client-server model and the World Wide Web's HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP), Web Server is a software program that serves web pages to users.

MWE

Attested in

NIST SP 800-171 Rev 3 - Protecting CUI in Nonfederal Systems1 citation · 1 machine-matched · observed 2026-09-01 under anchor/0.9/36451/2026-09-01
03.13.01.c ¶ 1

Classifications

Entity Type

System92%rule-basedr:entity.system.compute.v1

Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

plural
Web servers
possessive
Web server's
pluralpossessive
Web servers'

Framework definitions

SANS Glossary of Security Terms1 senseview framework →
§1
A software process that runs on a host computer connected to the Internet to respond to HTTP requests for documents from client web browsers.
ISACA Cybersecurity Glossary1 senseview framework →
§1
Using the client-server model and the World Wide Web's HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP), Web Server is a software program that serves web pages to users.
NIST SP 800-171r31 senseview framework →
§1 · attested_usage_pack_match
No definition is given in NIST SP 800-171r3. The term is attested in use at 1 citation in that document; a definition is pending curation.
Increment 2: attested in 800-171r3 without a glossary definition.
Legacy lexicon import1 senseview framework →
§1 · legacy_primary
Using the client-server model and the World Wide Web's HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP), Web Server is a software program that serves web pages to users.
DR-088 backfill from the noun definition column

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