An associative array containg references to all variables defined in the global scope of the script. The variable names are the keys of the array
Is an array that containing inforamtion such as headers, paths and script locations.
Prior to PHP 5.4.0, $HTTP_SERVER_VARS contained the same initial information, but was not a superglobal. (Note that $HTTP_SERVER_VARS and $_SERVER were different variables and that PHP handled them as such.)