# Apache question!

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/apache-question/35054>\
**Category:** web dev\
**Created:** [November 9, 2003, 11:35pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/apache-question/35054 "2003-11-09T23:35:51Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 9, 2003, 11:35pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/apache-question/35054/1 "2003-11-09T23:35:51Z")

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I’ve looked at a lots of different posts on various sites and still can find out what Apache does.

Is it a program that is on your machine and acts like a webserver, in that it can be used to test websites including coding languages?:q:

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2003, 5:33pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/apache-question/35054/2 "2003-11-10T17:33:16Z")

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Yes,  
it basically replaces IIS which comes with Windows;  
it’s a free Server used mostly in a combination of  
Apache/mySQL/PHP…

You could’ve just googled “apache”…  
[http://httpd.apache.org/ABOUT\_APACHE.html](http://httpd.apache.org/ABOUT_APACHE.html)