client server and peer to peer networking definitions

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server - a computer that provides data to other computer. it may serve data to systems on a LAN or a WAN over the internet.

specialist servers carry out one particular service for the network

most common types of servers:

file server

print server

application server

database server

web server

mail server

hypervisor server

each type runs software specific to the purpose of the server.

a server is normally considered to be a powerful computer or device which serves a particular need for a network.

it can also be a piece of software that operates on a network device.

while almost any computer can act as a server, it requires extra memory and computing power to run both the computer and the needs of the rest of the network.

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client server networks - has different types of computers. a powerful central computer (server) manages the client computers the users use. the data is stored centrally which means thT