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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.

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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.

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