BASIC COMPUTER CONCEPTS
COMPUTER SYSTEM TYPES
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to provide services to client computers
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save space and portability where possible with small form factor devices
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reliability, easy to expand network, security
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a disk containing a program written for the express purpose of locating problems with the software, hardware, or any combination there of in a system, or a network of systems.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Servers can provide various functionalities, often called “services", such as sharing data or resources among multiple clients, or performing computation for a client. A single server can serve multiple clients, and a single client can use multiple servers.
Detailed explanation-2: -Servers are powerful computers that provide ‘services’ to the client computers on the network. Servers control the network and tell the client computers what to do. Where all users of the network can access the same data. Printers and scanners can be shared among client computers.
Detailed explanation-3: -Client-server networks are computer networks that employ a dedicated computer to store data, manage/provide resources, and control user access (server). The server connects all of the other computers in the network by acting as a hub. A machine that connects to the server is known as a client.
Detailed explanation-4: -A server stores, sends, and receives data. In essence, it “serves” something else and exists to provide services. A computer, software program, or even a storage device may act as a server, and it may provide one service or several.
Detailed explanation-5: -A server host runs one or more server programs, which share their resources with clients. A client usually does not share any of its resources, but it requests content or service from a server. Clients, therefore, initiate communication sessions with servers, which await incoming requests.