Question

Difference between web broser & web server.

Answer 1

Answer:

Web Browser is a software which is used to browse and display pages available over internet whereas web server is a software which provides these documents when requested by web browsers.

Following are the important differences between Web Browser and Web Server.

Sr. No. Key Web Browser Web Server

1 Purpose Web Browser is a software which is used to browse and display pages available over internet. Web server is a software which provides these documents when requested by web browsers.

2 Process A web browser sends request to server for web based documents and services. Web server sees and approves those requests made by web browsers and sends the document in response.

3 Process Web browser sends an HTTP Request and gets a HTTP Response. Web server receives HTTP Request and sends a HTTP Response.

4 Processing Model Web browser has no processing model. Web server follows three major processing models: process based, thread based or hybrid.

5 Data Storage Web browsers stores user data in cookies in local machine. Web server provide an area to store the website.

6 Installation Web Browser is installed on user's machine. Web server can be installed any where but it need to be on a network or on local computer.

7 Example Google Chrome Apache Server

Explanation:

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Answer 2

Explanation:

Web browser is a regular ‘client’ software which can be installed in any Home PC, and used to browse websites on internet. you can think browser is a “consumer”. or “customer”, which requests for service. for eg. -Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer. Opera Mini, etc.

Web Server is a collection of hardware and software, which provides (serves) the content on demand via internet. Web server is a special ‘BIG’ sized computer having far more memory, and Processing power (almost using more than one CPUs), and very huge storage, which contains necessary software required to serve http requests from browsers, and database management system.

using which server can process requests, and provide contents requested by users. you can think Web server as a “SERVICE PROVIDER”. for eg. Apache, nginx, IIS, Express, are software. used in server systems to serve web browser requests, are called - Server Software.