Embedded HTTP server: Difference between revisions

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The HTTP server is usually implemented as a [[software component]] of an [[Application software|application]] (embedded) system that controls and/or monitors a machine with mechanical and/or electrical parts.{{citation needed|date=December 2021}}

The HTTP server implements the [[Hypertext Transfer Protocol|HTTP]] [[Communications protocol|protocol]] in order to allow communications with one or more local or remote [[User (computing)|users]] using a [[Web browser|browser]]. The aim is to let users to interact with information provided by the embedded system ([[Web user interface|user interface]], data monitoring, [[Data logger|data logging]], data configuration, etc.) via [[Computer network|network]], without using traditional peripherals required for local user interfaces ([[Display device|display]]{{dn|date=December 2021}}, [[Computer keyboard|keyboard]], etc.).{{citation needed|date=December 2021}}

In some cases the functionalities provided via HTTP server allow also program-to-program communications, e.g. to retrieve data logged about the monitored machine, etc.