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What is Apache?

Published on December 8, 2020
What is Apache?

The Apache HTTP Server is a popular open-source web server known for its flexibility, power, and widespread support. It can be extended through a dynamically loadable module system, and is able to process a large number of interpreted languages without connecting out to separate software.

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