Multiple choice technology

Which was the first ever web server software?

  1. GWS

  2. IIS 5.0

  3. CERN httpd

  4. nginx
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Explanation

CERN httpd (also known as W3C httpd) was the first web server software, developed by Tim Berners-Lee at CERN in 1990. It ran on NeXTSTEP and was the foundation of the early World Wide Web. IIS came later, GWS is Google's server, and nginx is a modern server.

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