Short for
Internet Information Server, Microsoft's Web server that runs on
Windows NT platforms. 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.