While people often think of the Internet as an immaterial object, the data that makes up the Internet is actually stored at a very physical location: data servers. Businesses sometimes operate their ...

Hackaday readers fit into two broad categories: those who experienced the wild and woolly early days of the Internet, and those who are jealous that they missed it. And it’s safe to say that both ...

The Linux Foundation recently put up a funny video showing what life might be like without Web search. It's tagline was "A world without Linux is hard to imagine." It also added, "A world without ...

Web hosting keeps websites online by providing storage, security, and performance. Choosing the right host ensures reliability and scalability for any site. If you’ve ever wondered how websites appear ...

The indie web began a few years after the end of GeoCities, which Yahoo shut down in 2009 (at least, in the US — GeoCities ...

Learn why you need web hosting services and what you can expect from the most common types of web hosting. Dianna Gunn built her first WordPress website in 2008. Since then, she's poured thousands of ...

Web server software that is built into hardware. Almost all network devices have embedded Web servers (HTTP servers), which provide a control panel for configuring the device. The primary advantage is ...

Dianna Gunn built her first WordPress website in 2008. Since then, she's poured thousands of hours into understanding how websites and online businesses work. She's shared what she's learned on blogs ...

Fifteen years ago, you weren’t a participant in the digital age unless you had your own homepage. Even in the late 1990s, services abounded to make personal pages easy to build and deploy—the most ...

Jeff Kettle has received funding from the EC, Royal Society, Welsh Government and InnovateUK. Today, there are around 30 billion internet-connected devices in the world. This includes personal ...

A computer that runs a website. Using the HTTP protocol, the Web server delivers Web pages to browsers as well as other data files to Web-based applications. The Web server includes the hardware, ...