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Text excerpt describing the naming of the Apache HTTP Server. The text explains that the name was chosen to honor the Apache people and tribes, and details the humorous, now legendary, interpretation of "Apache" as "A Patchy Server" due to its origins in patches applied to the NCSA Server. The source of the text, "https://www.apache.org/history/", is also included.

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Text excerpt describing the naming of the Apache HTTP Server. The text explains that the name was chosen to honor the Apache people and tribes, and details the humorous, now legendary, interpretation of "Apache" as "A Patchy Server" due to its origins in patches applied to the NCSA Server. The source of the text, "https://www.apache.org/history/", is also included.
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nixCraft 🐧 (nixcraft@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 03-Mar-2025 07:46:53 JST nixCraft 🐧

Apache web server history feels like a LOTR film intro. #unix #linux #opensource #bsd #history

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