Server Explained
Server may refer to:
In computing:
- Server (computing) a server application, operating system, computer, or appliance.
- Application server a server dedicated to running certain software applications
- Communications server, carrier-grade computing platform for communications networks
- Database server provides database services
- Proxy server Provides database IT server in services
- Fax server provides fax services for clients
- File server provides file services
- Game server a server that video game clients connect to in order to play online together
- Standalone server an emulator for client-server (web-based) programs
- Web server a server that HTTP clients connect to in order to send commands and receive responses along with data contents
- Client-server a software architecture that separates "server" functions from "client" functions
- The X Server part of the X Window System.
- Peer-to-peer a network of computers running as both clients and servers.
- Catalog server a central search point for information across a distributed network.
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