apache software foundation

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

Apache Software Foundation

   <open source, body> (ASF) An umbrella consortium that manages
   the development of the {Apache} {web server}, dozens of {XML}-
   and {Java}-based projects (under the name {Jakarta}), the
   {Ant} build tool, the {Geronimo} {J2EE} server, the
   {SpamAssassin} anti-{SPAM} tool, and much more.

   Apache Home (http://apache.org/).

   (2005-01-26)