Chapter 5: Apache vs Nginx Performance: Optimization Techniques
by Tonino Jankov
Some years ago, the Apache Foundation's web server, known simply as "Apache", was so ubiquitous that it became synonymous with the term "web server". Its daemon process on Linux systems has the name httpd (meaning simply http process) — and comes preinstalled in major Linux distributions.
It was initially released in 1995, and, to quote Wikipedia, "it played a key role in the initial growth of the World Wide Web". It is still the most-used web server software according to W3techs. However, according to those reports which show some trends of the last decade and comparisons to other solutions, its market share is decreasing. The reports given by Netcraft and Builtwith ...
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