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WINDOWS HTTP [1 record]

Record 1 1996-08-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Internet and Telematics
DEF

A Web server, originally developed at the Swiss Center for Particle Research (CERN) and originally called CERN httpd. Subsequently, httpd was developed independently at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) for UNIX systems.

CONT

The NCSA http introduced forms, clickable imagemaps, authentication, and key word searches. An adaptation of the program for Microsoft Windows 95, called Windows http, is available.

Key term(s)
  • Windows http

French

Domaine(s)
  • Internet et télématique
DEF

Logiciel serveur WWW capable de recevoir les requêtes des clients WWW formulées selon le protocole HTTP.

Spanish

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