問58
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Apache と称されるオープンソースソフトウェアの用途はどれか。
平成25年度 秋期 ITパスポート試験 問58
テクノロジ系ソフトウェア › オープンソースソフトウェア
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問 58
Incorrectア
DBMS (database management system) is wrong. A DBMS is software that manages the storage, search, and update of data, which is not the role of Apache. Representative open source DBMSs include MySQL and PostgreSQL.
Incorrectイ
OS (operating system) is wrong. An OS is basic software that manages hardware resources and provides the platform on which applications run, while Apache is application-side software that runs on top of it. A representative open source OS is Linux.
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正解 The correct answer is ウ. Apache (formally Apache HTTP Server) is a representative open source Web server software developed and released by the Apache Software Foundation. It receives HTTP requests sent from a client Web browser and returns content such as HTML files and images as the response, so it is software on the server side. It can also be obtained, modified, and redistributed free of charge, making it a classic example of OSS that has long been used by many sites on the Internet. Therefore its use is Web server software.
Incorrectエ
Web browser is wrong. A browser is software that displays Web pages on the user side (the client), while Apache is on the server side, receiving requests and returning responses. Representative open source browsers include Firefox, whose role is the opposite of Apache.
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- Apache = open source Web server software. It receives HTTP requests and returns Web content as the response, and it is software on the server side.
- Organize the representative OSS by field: OS = Linux, Web server = Apache, DBMS = MySQL / PostgreSQL, Web browser = Firefox. Also keep in mind whether each one runs on the client side or the server side.
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