Apache
Apache HTTP Server is an open source HTTP web server for Unix platforms (BSD, GNU/Linux, and UNIX systems), Microsoft Windows, and other platforms. It is developed and maintained by an open community of developers under the auspices of the Apache Software Foundation.
Initially, Apache was the only viable open source alternative to the Netscape web server (nowadays known as iPlanet). It has since evolved to rival (and probably surpass) almost any other Unix based HTTP server in terms of functionality and speed. Since April 1996 Apache has been the most popular HTTP server on the Internet; as of year 2021, Apache has a 30% share of the web server market.
Apache has other powerful features included in a large set of modules, including mod_perl, an authentication module (.htaccess) as well as a web proxy module and an extremely useful URL rewriter (also known as a rewrite engine) called mod_rewrite.
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