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Every program has a fundamental idea, the very essense of its existence.
Web servers are a very simple idea which is that I want to listen for
file requests and, when asked, send them.
Most programs that are widely used are based on a standard.
Web servers rest on two standards: TCP/IP for network protocols
and HTTP for file transfers. First we cover these two standards.
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2004-02-18