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A server is a physical computer or program that provides services and resources to client computers connected over a network. Servers manage network resources and handle requests from clients to access these resources. Common types of servers include web servers, application servers, database servers, file servers, and game servers. Server operating systems like Windows Server, Linux, and Ubuntu are designed to optimize server functionality and performance. Servers provide services to clients, while desktop computers are for individual use and storage of data.

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A server is a physical computer or program that provides services and resources to client computers connected over a network. Servers manage network resources and handle requests from clients to access these resources. Common types of servers include web servers, application servers, database servers, file servers, and game servers. Server operating systems like Windows Server, Linux, and Ubuntu are designed to optimize server functionality and performance. Servers provide services to clients, while desktop computers are for individual use and storage of data.

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INTRODUCTION TO SERVER
SERVERS

 It is a physical computer that provides services to all client computers connected to it, allowing them (client
computer) to access available information or resources.
 An entity in the client/server programming model, where the server is a software or a program, running on one or
multiple computers, that manages resources and services of the network, while handling requests from different
computers to access resources.
WHAT SERVER PROVIDES

 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.
Server Operating System
 A server is an application or device that performs service for connected clients as part of client server architecture and
application.
TYPICAL TYPES OF SERVERS

• WEB SERVER
• APPLICATION SERVERS
• REAL-TIME COMMUNICATION SERVERS
• FTP SERVER
• NAME SERVER
• DATABASE SERVER
• GAME SERVER
• MEDIA SERVER
• PROXY SERVER
• LIST SERVER
SERVER OPERATING SYSTEM

 The basic server operating systems which are used in now a days
• Windows 10 OS.
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux
• Ubuntu
• CentOs
• Suse
• Oracle Linux
Difference between server and normal desktop

WHAT IS SERVER?
A computer program or device that provides a service to another device and its user also known client.
WHAT IS DESKTOP?
An electronic device for storing processing data typically in binary form, according to instructions given to it in a
variable program.
KEY DIFFRENCE BETWEEN SERVER AND DESKTOP
Types of Servers and their applications

 Application server – 
These servers hosts web apps (computer programs that run inside a web browser) allowing users in the network
to run and use them preventing the installation a copy on their own computers.
 Communications server – 
These servers maintains an environment needed for one communication endpoint to find other endpoints and
then communicates with them. 
 Database server – 
These servers maintains and shares any form of database over a network. A database is a organized collections of
data with predefined properties that may be displayed in a table.
 File server – 
Shares files and folders, storage space to hold files and folders, or both, over a network Networked computers are
the intended clients, even though local programs can be clients.
 Game server – 
These servers enables several computers or gaming devices to play multiplayer games. Personal computers or
gaming consoles are their clients. 
 Mail server – 
These servers makes email communication possible in the same way as a post office makes snail mail
communication possible. Clients of these servers are senders and recipients of email 
 Proxy server – 
This server acts as an intermediary between a client and a server accepting incoming traffic from the client and
sending it to the server. 
 Domain name system (DNS) server
These servers transform readable computer domain names into computer language IP addresses. The DNS server takes
search data from a user and finds the requested address to deliver to the client device.

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