| CERN httpd | |
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| Original authors | Tim Berners-Lee, Ari Luotonen, Henrik Frystyk Nielsen |
| Developer | CERN /World Wide Web Consortium |
| Initial release | 24 December 1990; 34 years ago (1990-12-24) |
| Final release | |
| Operating system | Unix,Unix-like |
| Available in | C |
| Type | Web server,proxy server |
| License | MIT Copyright Statement with acknowledgement toCERN |
| Website | www |
CERN httpd (later also known asW3C httpd) is an early, now discontinued,web server (HTTP)daemon originally developed atCERN from 1990 onwards byTim Berners-Lee,Ari Luotonen[2] andHenrik Frystyk Nielsen.[1] Implemented inC, it was the firstweb server software.
CERN httpd was originally developed on aNeXT Computer runningNeXTSTEP, and was later ported to otherUnix-likeoperating systems,OpenVMS and systems with unix emulation layers, e.g. OS/2 with emx+gcc. It could also be configured as a webproxy server.[1]Version 0.1 was released in June 1991.[3]In August 1991, Berners-Lee announced in theUsenet newsgroupalt.hypertext the availability of thesource code of the server daemon (namedWWWDaemon) and otherWorld Wide Web software from the CERNFTP site.[4][5]
The original, first generation HTTP server which some call theVolkswagen of the Web.[6]
The server was presented on theHypertext 91 conference in San Antonio and was part of theCERN Program Library (CERNLIB).[4][7]
Later versions of the server are based on thelibwwwlibrary.[2] The development of CERN httpd was later taken over byWorld Wide Web Consortium (W3C), with the last release being version 3.0A of 15 July 1996.[1] From 1996 onwards, W3C focused on the development of theJava-basedJigsaw server.[8]
The initial version waspublic domain software; the last one was under anMIT License.[9]
