Can you explain what a server is?

[vegas]

Hi my grandfather asked me the other day what a server was and I said:
-,well a server is a computer that uses certain computing languages that can achieve certain tasks of very diferent kind and I used some examples like selling virtualservers,routing services,host pages amongst few.

Well the question here is if you can tell me on your own words what a server is,Ill be glad to hear from you,you know I had this computer specialist that was telling me about a console but he still couldnt explain what a console was..Ok Im not meaning this as a challenge but....

Can you please tell me what a server is?

..on ur opinion,...

 

[vegas]

your own words remember like a brave confession dont start using ur dictionary or wiki or ull be off topic

 

[Collabora]

Spoken like someone that knows just enough to be dangerous, or to impress someone that knows even less. All your granpappy needs to know is a server is a computer that provides files and services to other computers (called clients).

 

[RH-Calvin]

More simple, a server can be any mechanism that controls the working of other similar machines. To be more specific on computer servers, it a machine that serves other machines in a network.

 

[Collabora]

It can also be someone that brings you food, but I digress....

 

[vegas]

Yeah is a mechanism or machine like rh-calvin says but that can fairly be defined as computer

 

[mehulagrawaal]

You can explain like server is a computer/system which provides the rental space with different kind of features.

 

[niteryder]

I have always just said it is a computer that is on and connected 24/7.

 

[vegas]

on and on ain it niteryder

 

[Limestone LSN]

A server is a computing device with architecture designed to serve PCs and other devices with information. That's my take

 

[4D Hosting]

Well with servers ranging from physical and virtual I would describe a server as a dedicated computer or software platform for resource management.

 

[pingpipe]

It sure can be hard to describe to someone that is not familiar with networking.

Ask him to think of the internet as the world's biggest library, and a server would be a book in that library that holds information.

 

[twhdir]

Can you please tell me what a server is?

..on ur opinion,...

According to me, server is a computing device on a network that manages network resources and provide specific services to the reqester(client). Examples of servers are web server, database server, mail server etc.

 

[TheInternets]

A server is a computer in which provides services to other computers., albeit products, information, etc

 

[vegas]

Beautifull arquitecture Limestone LSN,other way of putting it pingpipe very literal,is interesting
4D Hosting ye they all manage resources might it be a student or a large company.

Ye twhdir sometimes the resource can be a single service like a mailing server with no other
task but that.

Is ok TheInternets but it can also be a handler and be subordinate of tasks repeat tasks and
be a slave too

 

[webline]

A server is a computer that provides services to other computers. i.e. "server" to other computers

 

[4D Hosting]

Server

Hi

Server provides centralized access of network resources to the clients.

e.g. A printer server accepts print jobs from clients, stores them in a queue and sends them by order, over to the printer to print.


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Amir