Server
From The IT Law Wiki
A server is an application or device that performs services for connected clients as part of a client-server architecture. Server computers are devices designed to run such an application or applications, often for extended periods of time with minimal human direction. Examples of servers include:
- web servers
- e-mail servers
- file servers
- caching servers
- database servers
- authentication servers
- proxy servers
- domain name servers, and
- network time servers.
Almost the entire structure of the Internet is based upon a client-server model. Millions of servers are connected to the Internet and run continuously throughout the world. Among the many services provided by Internet servers are: the Web; the Domain Name System; electronic mail; file transfers; instant messaging; streaming audio and streaming video, online gaming, and countless others. Virtually every action taken by an ordinary Internet user requires one or more interactions with one or more servers.
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