On Wed, 04 Jan 2006 07:33:39 +0100, adithya_radha <adithya_radha@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: A application server is a application that connects to the net via a socket. The socket number can vary but it is typically above 1024. Thus allows a normal user under UNIX to run it and set up the connection A web server services the HTTP protocol. It typically sits on port 80. Under UNIX you must be a administrator to connect to this port so the server connects with root privileges and the drops the privileges to a user once starting the server. Apache is a web server. > Hello Everyone, > > This is my first query in this group, > Been new to PHP > > I seem to get confused between wht Application server > and Web server are. > > Is Apache a Web server or an Application server ? > > Thanks > Adithya > -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/ PHP Data object relational mapping generator http://www.metastorage.net/ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/php-objects/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: php-objects-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
