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2. Server (computing) - Wikipedia

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   Thus any general-purpose computer connected to a network can host servers. For example, if files on a device are shared by some process, that process is a file server. Similarly, web server software can run on any capable computer, and so a laptop or a personal computer can host a web server.

3. Host (network) - Wikipedia

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   A network host is a computer or other device connected to a computer network. A host may work as a server offering information resources, services, and applications to users or other hosts on the network. Hosts are assigned at least one network address.

4. Client–server model - Wikipedia

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   Whereas the words server and client may refer either to a computer or to a computer program, server-host and client-host always refer to computers. The host is a versatile, multifunction computer; clients and servers are just programs that run on a host. In the client–server model, a server is more likely to be devoted to the task of serving.

5. Thin client - Wikipedia

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   Thin clients connected to their server via a computer network A public thin-client computer terminal inside a public library An HP T5700 thin client, with flash memory In computer networking , a thin client, sometimes called slim client or lean client , is a simple (low- performance ) computer that has been optimized for establishing a remote ...

6. Computer network - Wikipedia

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   An internetwork is the connection of multiple different types of computer networks to form a single computer network using higher-layer network protocols and connecting them together using routers. The Internet is the largest example of internetwork.

7. Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol - Wikipedia

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   A DHCP server can manage IP settings for devices on its local network, e.g., by assigning IP addresses to those devices automatically and dynamically. [11] DHCP operates based on the client–server model. When a computer or other device connects to a network, the DHCP client software sends a DHCP broadcast query requesting the necessary ...

8. Client (computing) - Wikipedia

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   The term "client" may also be applied to computers or devices that run the client software or users that use the client software. A client is part of a client–server model, which is still used today. Clients and servers may be computer programs run on the same machine and connect via inter-process communication techniques.

9. Host adapter - Wikipedia

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   Fibre Channel host bus adapter. The term host bus adapter (HBA) may be used to refer to a Fibre Channel interface card. In this case, it allows devices in a Fibre Channel storage area network to communicate data between each other – it may connect a server to a switch or storage device, connect multiple storage systems, or connect multiple servers. [2]