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Apache

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The guy in the middle was the original author.
The guy in the middle was the original author.
A properly functioning Apache web server.
A properly functioning Apache web server.
Modern Apache logo.
Modern Apache logo.

Apache, formerly NCSA httpd, is a web server used by over 9000 computers on the Internet. The name allegedly came from a contraction of "a patchy" web server, because over time the original httpd daemon accumulated lots of patches.

Unlike sendmail and the BIND domain name server, Apache has had far fewer high-profile security breaches, limiting its potential for lulz and drama. That said, Apache is regularly combined and configured with the PHP Zionist scripting language and the MySQL database server. Self-taught h4x0rz who create 300-page websites about how they overclocked their Roomba to function as a mobile gun turret regularly use their super-1337 PHP coding skillz to throw up a website that chokes and dies as soon as it gets linked by Slashdot. This so-called "slashdot effect" was a boon for karma whores, because it provided them with an excuse to preemptively copypasta the article into a comment and earn an instant +5 karma.

Apache by Tommy Seebach with a twist!

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