What is Apache, and why do we use it?

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Xavier Antony Prabhaker Victor · Accepted Answer

Apache (officially called the Apache HTTP Server) is a free, open-source web server software that takes requests from web browsers (like Google Chrome or Safari) and serves them the files, images, or code needed to display a website. Think of Apache as the waiter in a restaurant: a user sits at a table (the browser) and asks for a specific dish (a website URL like ://example.com). Apache takes that order, fetches the food from the kitchen (the server's hard drive), and delivers it back to the customer's table.

What is Apache, and why do we use it?

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