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IIS
Last modified: Friday, November 09, 2001
Short for Internet Information Server,Microsoft'sWeb server that runs on Windows NTplatforms. In fact, IIS comes bundled with Windows NT 4.0. Because IIS is tightly integrated with the operating system, it is relatively easy to administer. However, currently IIS is available only for the Windows NT platform, whereas Netscape's Web servers run on all major platforms, including Windows NT, OS/2 and UNIX.