BASIC COMPUTER CONCEPTS
COMPUTER SYSTEM TYPES
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Used to install, operate and host applications
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Controls the OS of each guest computer system
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Might also be classed as a web server, database server or general purpose server
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Admins can pause, delete, resume and view jobs
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Provides access to printers on a network
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Detailed explanation-1: -The function of the application server is to act as host (or container) for the user’s business logic while facilitating access to and performance of the business application.
Detailed explanation-2: -While a Web server mainly deals with sending HTML for display in a Web browser, an application server provides access to business logic for use by client application programs. The application program can use this logic just as it would call a method on an object (or a function in the procedural world).
Detailed explanation-3: -Different purpose and architecture App server doesn’t keep state-it processes requests, computes, and responds. Therefore, it can have minimal storage and I/O requirements. The database server, in contrast, has high I/O and storage requirements, but just enough CPU to handle queries.
Detailed explanation-4: -application server: What is the difference? By strict definition, a web server is a common subset of an application server. A web server delivers static web content-e.g., HTML pages, files, images, video-primarily in response to hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) requests from a web browser.