server

1) In information technology, a server is a computer program that provides services to other computer programs (and their users) in the same or other computers.

2) The computer that a server program runs in is also frequently referred to as a server (though it may be used for other purposes as well).

3) In the client/server programming model, a server is a program that awaits and fulfills requests from client programs in the same or other computers. A given application in a computer may function as a client with requests for services from other programs and also as a server of requests from other programs.

Specific to the Web, a Web server is the computer program (housed in a computer) that serves requested HTML pages or files. A Web client is the requesting program associated with the user. The Web browser in your computer is a client that requests HTML files from Web servers.

Read more about it at: > Tips to keep your Windows servers humming from SearchWinComputing.com > The World's Smallest Web Server describes a small general-purpose computer containing a Web server and describes how to assemble it. > SearchWin2000.com has a collection of Internet links related to servers.

Last updated on: Feb 26, 2008

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