Apache HTTP Server

   A freeware Web server, supported by the Unix community, in use on almost half of the Web sites on the Internet. So called because the original university-lab software was patched with new features and fixes until it became known as "a patchy server."

   Apache dominates the Web because of its low cost, excellent performance, good scalability, and great flexibility. Don't expect easy graphical configuration programs and hypertext help; you'll get the command line and the man pages instead, so it certainly helps to have staff with Unix experience. Apache Server is available as part of the Red Hat Software Linux distribution, which also provides developers with full support for CGI, Perl, Tcl, a C or C++ compiler, an Apache server API, and a SQL database.

   For more information on Apache Server, see The Apache Group Web site at www.apache.org.

   See also Linux; Red Hat Software.