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What Is a Server? What About a Web Server?

Overview of the lesson

Not surprisingly, people tend to misuse the terms of “server” and “webserver”. Let’s find out once and for all, what is the difference between them.

What you'll learn

  • What is a server.
  • What is a webserver.
  • What's the difference between them.

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