A web server handles HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol) requests sent to it by web browsers. When you type in a URL —http://www.digital-web.com, for example—your computer sends out a request to look up the servers needed to handle requests and send responses back quickly. The technique for determining how to route requests to the cluster of web servers efficiently is called load balancing.
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