Server

Server may refer to:

In computing:

• Server (computing) In computing, a server is any combination of hardware or software designed to provide services to clients. When used alone, the term typically refers to a computer which may be running a server operating system, but is also used to refer to any software or dedicated hardware capable of providing services, a server application, operating system, computer, or appliance
  • server computer A server computer, sometimes called an enterprise server, is a computer system that provides essential services across a network, to private users inside a large organization or to public users in the internet, a computer dedicated for server applications
  • Application server An application server is a software framework dedicated to the efficient execution of procedures for supporting the construction of applications. The term was originally used when discussing early client–server server systems and servers that ran SQL services and middleware servers to differentiate them from file servers, a server dedicated to running certain software applications
  • Communications server Communications servers are open, standards-based computing systems that operate as a carrier-grade common platform for a wide range of communications applications and allow equipment providers to add value at many levels of the system architecture, carrier-grade computing platform for communications networks
  • Database server A database server is a computer program that provides database services to other computer programs or computers, as defined by the client–server model. The term may also refer to a computer dedicated to running such a program. Database management systems frequently provide database server functionality, and some DBMSs rely exclusively on the, see file AB2
  • Fax server A fax server is a set of software running on a server computer which is equipped with one or more fax-capable modems attached to telephone lines or, more recently, software modem emulators which use T.38 ("Fax over IP") technology to transmit the signal over an IP network. Its function is to accept documents from users, convert them into, provides fax services for clients
  • File server In computing, a file server is a computer attached to a network that has the primary purpose of providing a location for shared disk access, i.e. shared storage of computer files that can be accessed by the workstations that are attached to the computer network. The term server highlights the role of the machine in the client-server scheme, where, provides file services
  • Game server A game server is a remotely or locally run server used by game clients to play multiplayer video games. Most video games played over the Internet operate via a connection to a game server, a server that video game clients connect to in order to play online together
  • Home server A home server is a server located in a private residence providing services to other devices inside and/or outside the household through a home network and/or the internet. Such services may include file and/or printer serving, media center serving, web serving, web caching, account authentication and backup services. Because of the relatively low, a server for the home
  • Newsreader server, a server that feeds Usenet groups to client Newsreaders
  • Name server In computing, a name server consists of a program or computer server that implements a name-service protocol. It maps a human-recognizable identifier to a system-internal, often numeric, identification or addressing component or DNS server
  • Print server A print server, or printer server, is a computer or device that is connected to one or more printers and to client computers over a network, and can accept print jobs from the computers and send the jobs to the appropriate printers, provides printer services
  • Proxy server In computer networks, a proxy server is a server that acts as an intermediary for requests from clients seeking resources from other servers. A client connects to the proxy server, requesting some service, such as a file, connection, web page, or other resource, available from a different server. The proxy server evaluates the request according to, provides database server in services
  • Sound server A sound server is software that manages the use of and access to audio devices, most notably, the soundcard. It usually runs as a background process. The term could also apply to a server dedicated to audio streaming or a networked or stand-alone appliance for playing sounds and sound files, provides multimedia broadcasting / streaming.
  • Standalone server A Standalone server is a type of server that is not part of a larger network infrastructure such as an Active Directory domain. In a general sense, a standalone server provides services to clients without relying on any external resources, including authentication. However, in the Windows Server System, a server can either be a Domain Controller,, an emulator for client–server (web-based) programs
  • Web server A web server is a computer program that delivers content, such as web pages, using the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP), over the World Wide Web. The term web server can also refer to the computer or virtual machine running the program. In large commercial deployments, a server computer running a web server can be rack-mounted with other servers, a server that HTTP clients connect to in order to send commands and receive responses along with data contents
  • Web Feed Server Web syndication is a form of syndication in which website material is made available to multiple other sites. Most commonly, web syndication refers to making web feeds available from a site in order to provide other people with a summary of the website's recently added content . The term can also be used to describe other kinds of licensing, a server that distributes, manages, and tracks internal and external RSS feeds in an enterprise
  • Client–server model, a software architecture that separates functions between server and client
  • The X Server The X Window System is a computer software system and network protocol that provides a graphical user interface (GUI) for networked computers. It provides windowing on computer displays and manages keyboard and pointing device control functions. In its standard distribution, it is a complete, albeit simple, display and human interface solution,, part of the X Window System
  • Peer-to-peer A peer-to-peer, commonly abbreviated to P2P, is any distributed network architecture composed of participants that make a portion of their resources directly available to other network participants, without the need for central coordination instances (such as servers or stable hosts). Peers are both suppliers and consumers of resources, in, a network of computers running as both clients and servers
  • Catalog server A catalog server provides a single point of access that allows users to centrally search for information across a distributed network. In other words, it indexes databases, files and information across large network and allows keywords, Boolean and other searches. If you need to provide a comprehensive searching service for your intranet, extranet, a central search point for information across a distributed network

Other

• Server Djeparov, Uzbek footballer Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of eleven players using a spherical ball. It is widely considered to be the most popular sport in the world
• Food server Waiting staff, wait staff, or waitstaff are those who work at a restaurant or a bar attending customers — supplying them with food and drink as requested. Traditionally, a male waiting tables is called a "waiter" and a female a "waitress." Some people prefer to use gender-neutral language, using waiter indiscriminately for, waiter or waitress
• Dining Room Server, a piece of furniture that is usually part of a dining set.
• Altar server An altar server is a lay assistant to a member of the clergy during a Christian religious service. An altar server attends to supporting tasks at the altar such as fetching and carrying, ringing the altar bell, etc, an acolyte who assists the clergy during services
• The Server in tennis Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each (doubles). Each player uses a racquet that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court, who makes the service A serve in tennis is a shot to start a point. A player begins a serve by tossing the ball into the air and hitting it (usually near the highest point of the toss) into the diagonally opposite service box without touching the net. Players typically serve overhead, but serving underhand, although rare, is allowed. The serve is the only shot a player.

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• Server (Computing): Encyclopedia
• Server-client Architecture: Encyclopedia

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