Saturday, 19 January 2013

SERVER COMPUTER

SERVER COMPUTER

Server Computer has very much important role in creating a network.It has a strong role in computer networking environment

SERVER COMPUTER a physical computer (a computer hardware system) dedicated to run one or more services (as a host),[1] to serve the needs of the users of other computers on a network. Depending on the computing service that it offers it could be adatabase server, file server, mail server, print serverweb servergaming server, or some other kind of server.
In the context of client-server architecture, a server is a computer program running to serve the requests of other programs, the "clients". Thus, the "server" performs some computational task on behalf of "clients". The clients either run on the same computer or connect through the network.
In the context of Internet Protocol (IP) networking, SERVER COMPUTERis a program that operates as asocket listener.[2]
Servers often provide essential services across a network, either to private users inside a large organization or to public users via the Internet.

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