about internal server...

[approach_is_positive]

guys i just want to ask, what is an internal server? you see, i cant search a direct meaning of internal server, all I see is internal server error in google searches..can someone explain the meaning and the significance of internal server... or could this be a broader topic...

[DaveLembke]

I too have only dealt with "Internal Server Error" messages before myself. But depending on its use "Internal Server" can be many meanings depending on how a programmer wanted to use that statement for an error alert on whatever program they wrote. If it was more defined such as Internal Server Error in regards to a specific application you might get better results. Such as Apache Internal Server Error. Which is where I have seen this before myself working with Apache servers.

[Rob Pomeroy]

You're grouping the words incorrectly.  It's not an error in an "internal server".  It's an internal error in a server.  Typically you'll see that if a web server has been misconfigured or has been sent a request it doesn't know how to handle.

[TechnoGeek]

You're grouping the words incorrectly.  It's not an error in an "internal server".  It's an internal error in a server.  Typically you'll see that if a web server has been misconfigured or has been sent a request it doesn't know how to handle.

Basically, the user has little or no control over the error; It is up to the website owner to fix the problem.
@approach_is_positive: are the '500 Internal Server Error' messages from google.com or the websites you're trying to get to?

[approach_is_positive]

actually i'm just asking what's an "internal server"

[TechnoGeek]

actually i'm just asking what's an "internal server"

That's not what the message is about, and there isn't any such thing that's relevant to your actual question.