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Exploring applications in detail.
1. Web Server
A web server is what serves web pages to the Internet
visitors to websites. As we previously mentioned, windows XP professional
has an in built web server and you can activate this by going into add /
remove programs of windows control panel.
After it is activated and running, you have to install
your particular web site on this server.
What does it mean running on the web server?
A bunch of HTML files and the linking between those
from hyperlinks in those files make up a simple site. Such a site can reside
on a CD drive or on a hard disk folder too. You can still open those files
in a browser (Internet explorer for example) and see that they are working
fine.
However running on the web server means something
slightly different. There are software’s called IIS or Apache specifically
designed t be web server to serve up web pages. These software’s can not
only provide web pages as per user request but also connect to a database in
another server, receive entries from a web form, sent it you by e-mail etc.
Most fundamentally, web servers are what get you a web page on the Internet.
Common Web Servers:
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IIS is available on windows XP, 2000 professional.
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Mywebserver
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Smabar Server
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Apache for Linux and Unix flavors.
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Windows 98 also has personal web server software.
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2. FTP Server.
FTP is file transfer protocol and FTP services will
enable you to share selected files on your PC with the rest of the Internet.
Such a server is ideal where your requirement is to share files with peers
or end users. Depending upon the server you chose, various options and
configurations can be easily activated on any FTP server.
The following are some of the FTP software available on
the net.
Visit
Cerberus FTP Server,
ArGoSoft FTP Server
3. Game Server.
A game server where a number of players can take on at
the same time can be easily setup on your home PC using the technology
provided with DDNS.
4. Chat server.
There are so many chat servers available for
installation on your PC / web server so that you can provide chat services
to your visitors. However, this can cost some money and often require some
customization to be done.
Next:
Examples with pricing hosting from home
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