Embedded HTTP server

An embedded HTTP server is an <a href="/facts/HTTP_server/A4GS6thA">HTTP server</a> used in an <a href="/facts/Embedded_system/a4muX1wU">embedded system</a>.
The HTTP server is usually implemented as a <a href="/facts/Software_component/eW5wvSHC">software component</a> of an <a href="/facts/Application_software/YQuj7Kog">application</a> (embedded) system that controls and/or monitors a machine with mechanical and/or electrical parts.
The HTTP server implements the <a href="/facts/Hypertext_Transfer_Protocol/TWtvf7JD">HTTP</a> <a href="/facts/Communications_protocol/5uady7cB">protocol</a> in order to allow communications with one or more local or remote <a href="/facts/User_(computing)/zQRzG0KG">users</a> using a <a href="/facts/Web_browser/2pfyymLs">browser</a>. The aim is to let users to interact with information provided by the embedded system (<a href="/facts/Web_user_interface/BLkF3BIN">user interface</a>, data monitoring, <a href="/facts/Data_logger/U3GglNdc">data logging</a>, data configuration, etc.) via <a href="/facts/Computer_network/3w5RM99p">network</a>, without using traditional peripherals required for local user interfaces (<a href="/facts/Display_device/yX1Mypk0">display</a>, <a href="/facts/Computer_keyboard/MczF9LIS">keyboard</a>, etc.).
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.

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Embedded HTTP server