Microsoft Internet Information Server ==>
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.
Home.
Rival servers include Apache and Netscape Enterprise Server.
(1999-08-04)
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Internet Foundation Classes « Internet Go Server «
Internet Group Management Protocol « Internet
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