Paper 1 · ICT
A web server is software for
AAnalysing web traffic
BServing web pages on a user's request ✓ Correct
CCrawling the web
DThe Unix operating system
Correct answer: (B) Serving web pages on a user's request — A web server serves web pages on request, so that is the answer.
Explanation
★A web server serves web pages on request, so that is the answer.
★A web server stores the pages of a website.
★When a user asks for a page, the server sends it back.
★So a web server is software for serving web pages on a user's request.
★It does not chiefly analyse traffic or crawl the web.
★So the answer is serving web pages on a user's request.
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