Thttpd

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Template:Lowercase thttpd is an open source web server from ACME Laboratories.

thttpd has a throttling feature which is not present in other open source web server software such as Apache (although throttling is available as an add-on module for Apache). This feature enables the server administrator to limit the maximum bit rate at which certain types of files may be transferred. For example, the administrator may choose to restrict the transfer of JPEG image files to at most 20 kilobytes per second. This prevents the connection from becoming saturated so that the server will still be responsive under heavy load, with the tradeoff that file transfer speed is reduced.

thttpd has two little brothers: mini_httpd and micro_httpd.

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