1. A program which provides some service to other (ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=client">client) programs. The connection between client and server is normally by means of ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=message passing">message passing, often over a ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=network">network, and uses some ref="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 ref="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 (ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=inetd">inetd on ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=Unix">Unix). There are many servers associated with the ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=Internet">Internet, such as those for ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=HTTP">HTTP, ref="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}, ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=finger">finger, ref="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 ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=NIS">NIS database "services". See ref="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 ref="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 ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=Sun">Sun' s ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=Network File System">Network File System (NFS) ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=protocol">protocol or ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=Novell Netware">Novell Netware on ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=PC">PCs. Another common example is a {web server}. [ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=Jargon File">Jargon File] (2003-12-29)

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