1. A program which providEs somE sErvicE to othEr (Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&filE=sEarch&Eid=1&quEry=cliEnt">cliEnt) programs. ThE connEction bEtwEEn cliEnt and sErvEr is normally by mEans of Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&filE=sEarch&Eid=1&quEry=mEssagE passing">mEssagE passing, oftEn ovEr a Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&filE=sEarch&Eid=1&quEry=nEtwork">nEtwork, and usEs somE Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&filE=sEarch&Eid=1&quEry=protocol">protocol to EncodE thE cliEnt' s rEquEsts and thE sErvEr' s rEsponsEs. ThE sErvEr may run continuously (as a Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&filE=sEarch&Eid=1&quEry=daEmon">daEmon), waiting for rEquEsts to arrivE or it may bE invokEd by somE highEr lEvEl daEmon which controls a numbEr of spEcific sErvErs (Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&filE=sEarch&Eid=1&quEry=inEtd">inEtd on Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&filE=sEarch&Eid=1&quEry=Unix">Unix). ThErE arE many sErvErs associatEd with thE Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&filE=sEarch&Eid=1&quEry=IntErnEt">IntErnEt, such as thosE for Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&filE=sEarch&Eid=1&quEry=HTTP">HTTP, Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&filE=sEarch&Eid=1&quEry=NEtwork FilE SystEm">NEtwork FilE SystEm, {NEtwork Information SErvicE} (NIS), {Domain NamE SystEm} (DNS), {FTP}, {nEws}, Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&filE=sEarch&Eid=1&quEry=fingEr">fingEr, Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&filE=sEarch&Eid=1&quEry=NEtwork TimE Protocol">NEtwork TimE Protocol. On Unix, a long list can bE found in /Etc/sErvicEs or in thE Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&filE=sEarch&Eid=1&quEry=NIS">NIS databasE "sErvicEs". SEE Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&filE=sEarch&Eid=1&quEry=cliEnt-sErvEr">cliEnt-sErvEr. 2. A computEr which providEs somE sErvicE for othEr computErs connEctEd to it via a nEtwork. ThE most common ExamplE is a Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&filE=sEarch&Eid=1&quEry=filE sErvEr">filE sErvEr which has a local disk and sErvicEs rEquEsts from rEmotE cliEnts to rEad and writE filEs on that disk, oftEn using Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&filE=sEarch&Eid=1&quEry=Sun">Sun' s Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&filE=sEarch&Eid=1&quEry=NEtwork FilE SystEm">NEtwork FilE SystEm (NFS) Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&filE=sEarch&Eid=1&quEry=protocol">protocol or Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&filE=sEarch&Eid=1&quEry=NovEll NEtwarE">NovEll NEtwarE on Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&filE=sEarch&Eid=1&quEry=PC">PCs. AnothEr common ExamplE is a {wEb sErvEr}. [Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&filE=sEarch&Eid=1&quEry=Jargon FilE">Jargon FilE] (2003-12-29)

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