Introduction to Computer Server
Server is a computer system (combination of software and suitable computer hardware) that response to computer network to provide, help to provide, manage and maintaining a network service. Servers can be run on a dedicated computer, which is often referred as a "server". But many computer networks are capable of hosting a server.
Server operate within a client-server architecture, which mean without a client, a server will not be a real server. Servers are computer programs that server the requests of other computer programs, the clients. Thus, the server perform some task on behalf of the clients. The client normally are connected through the network but may run on the same computer. In the context of IP - Internet Protocol networking, a server is a program that act as a socket listener.
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