VOCABULARY WORDS
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) A computer or device on a network that manages network resources.
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) A computer or device on a network that manages network resources.
Host
1) In Internet protocol specifications, the term "host" means any computer that has full two-way access to other computers on the Internet. A host has a specific "local or host number" that, together with the network number, forms its unique IP address.
2) Main or controlling computer connected to other computers or terminals to which it provides data or computing services via a network.
Mail server
1) An e-mail server is a computer within your network that works as your virtual post office.
2) A mail server (also known as a mail transfer agent or MTA, a mail transport agent, a mail router or an Internet mailer) is an application that receives incoming e-mail from local users (people within the same domain) and remote senders and forwards outgoing e-mail for delivery.
1) An e-mail server is a computer within your network that works as your virtual post office.
2) A mail server (also known as a mail transfer agent or MTA, a mail transport agent, a mail router or an Internet mailer) is an application that receives incoming e-mail from local users (people within the same domain) and remote senders and forwards outgoing e-mail for delivery.
Web server
1) The term web server can refer to either the hardware or the software that helps to deliver web content that can be accessed through the Internet.
2) A Web server is a program that, using the client/server model and the World Wide Web's Hypertext Transfer Protocol ( HTTP ), serves the files that form Web pages to Web users (whose computers contain HTTP clients that forward their requests). Every computer on the Internet that contains a Web site must have a Web server program.
1) The term web server can refer to either the hardware or the software that helps to deliver web content that can be accessed through the Internet.
2) A Web server is a program that, using the client/server model and the World Wide Web's Hypertext Transfer Protocol ( HTTP ), serves the files that form Web pages to Web users (whose computers contain HTTP clients that forward their requests). Every computer on the Internet that contains a Web site must have a Web server program.
Video server
1) A video server is a computer-based device dedicated to delivering video.
2) A video server is a server that is dedicated to taking in, storing and delivering video.
Mainframe
1) The central processing unit and primary memory of a computer.
2) A large high-speed computer, especially one supporting numerous workstations or peripherals.
Network operating system
1) Network Operating System refers to software that implements an operating system of some kind that is oriented to computer networking.
2) Abbreviated as NOS, an operating system that includes special functions for connecting computers and devices into a local-area network (LAN).