internet information server

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internet information server - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  Internet Information Server
  Microsoft IIS
  Microsoft Internet Information Server
  
     <World-Wide Web> (IIS) Microsoft's web server and FTP server
      for Windows NT.
  
     IIS is intended to meet the needs of a range of users: from
     workgroups and departments on a corporate intranet to ISPs
     hosting websites that receive millions of hits per day.
  
     Features include innovative web publishing, customisable
     tools, wizards, customisable management tools, flexible
     administration options, and analysis tools.
  
     IIS makes it easy to share documents and information across a
     company intranet or the Internet, and is completely
     integrated with Windows NT Directory Services.
  
     IIS 1.0 was released for Windows NT 3.51 and had a limited
     feature set.
  
     IIS 2.0 was released with Windows NT 4.0 with a similar
     feature set to IIS 1.0.
  
     IIS 3.0 quickly followed with many additions including
     Active Server Pages (ASP), ISAPI and ADO 1.0.
  
     IIS 4.0 is built into Windows NT Server 4.0.  It includes
     ASP 2.0, ISAPI and ADO 1.5.
  
     (http://microsoft.com/iis).
  
     Rival servers include Apache and Netscape Enterprise Server
     .
  
     (1999-08-04)