The server is the machine, from e.g dell, or a virtual machine subdividing a real piece of equipment
The webserver is a piece of software it runs that responds mostly to HTTP requests. e.g Apache, Nginx, Traefik, Caddy.
All webservers are running on a server. Not all servers run webserver software, they might be a fileserver running samba or nfs.
Samba reminds me of the flamboyant Brazilian dance😆😆😆
All web servers are servers. Not all servers are web servers.
Both terms could refer to software or hardware, depending on the context.
The server brings the coffee?
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Thanks 😊😊 Very interesting link.
Please note its an April Fools joke
A server host services. A web server hosts a web service.
A web server is a specific version of a server, that serves the web, usually via HTTP. But there are much more a server could be. It could serve via SMTP and would be called a mail server. Or it could be an application server in the enterprise business domain. This means a web server is just a special form of a server.
