Servers

[WinterHold]

what is a "physical" site

An actual site with all its files.
Instead of purchasing space on an external server; you host it locally on your own machine, and assign a domain name to it.

It should be the same..the server software will allow users to connect to my computer and view "my physical website -the files of the site from html to scripts-.".

Since your machine is connected to the internet, and the domain name is assigned, anybody can connect to you through the same exit you're connected to: the internet.

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sexist !

Not sexist at all.  Her name is Adrienne, she works just round the corner at Santeez Café, and she's adorable.

Boru

Be charming and "host her" after having a "debugging" session with her regarding the two of you in the cafe.

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Knowing about "IIS" and "Apache" were a revelation to me; even though I used both extensively, and currently using an IIS server.
But non is dedicated I think; all packaged and executed as whole systems. Meaning is: IIS has its ssh capabilities, database capabilities...etc. At least that's how I understand it.

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The depends a bit on what you mean by the term 'whole system'. I am not as familiar with IIS, being a Linux guy. But apache can *interact* with other server programs, like ssh and mysql, but doesn't itself provide an ssh or mysql server. If you want a more streamlined web server, nginx is a popular one.
And, of course, you can have the variety of file servers: NFS, SAMBA, etc. There are DNS servers to provide IP addresses, mail servers to deliver email, etc.
Also, in each type (web, mail, file, database, etc), there are multiple protocols (specific techniques for that type of server) and multiple programs that implement each protocol.
But I also know that things are more integrated in the Windows environment.

If you took the microsoft approach; you have the IIS software already installed with the OS; all you have to do is to download VS . Heavy as hell, but VS allows you to connect to the SQL server -both the local one; and the one on the host you deal with-, unlike apache that require you to install WAMP or MAMP alone, PHP alone then mysql alone. I feel things with Windows are more contained, and that is not the only advantage -C# and Razor are splendid-.

I only dealt closely with the FTP protocol to transfer files to the server, but the connection is also managed by VS -I think IIS would be running in the background-.

Apache is much lighter; if you ask me. I think seriously about migrating to it