Modular multi-homed web server with compiled animation server

A multi-homed web server comprising:

• a plurality of virtual hosts accessible using connection requests passed over a computer network, each of the virtual hosts being identified by a corresponding virtual host identifier includable in a connection request;
• a processor for executing instructions operable within said multi-homed web server, wherein execution of the instructions by the processor;
• a plurality of executable modules, each of the modules defining a predetermined function;
• a plurality of configuration sub-files corresponding to the virtual hosts, each of the configuration sub-files defining which of the executable module functions are usable by a corresponding one of the virtual hosts;
• web server software, said web server software comprising instructions compiled as part of said web server software, wherein execution of said compiled instructions by a processor of said multi-homed web server:
• receives a request from a client over said public network to view an animation comprising a series a graphics;
• send a first graphic to said client;
• send a next graphic in said series of graphics at a specified time;
• determine whether the specified time to send a subsequent graphic in said series of graphics has passed;
• if said specified time has not passed, then send a next graphic in said series of graphics at said specified time;
• and
• if said specified time has passed, then send a next graphic in said series of graphics at a next specified time.