Server
Server (computing) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigation Jump to search A computer network diagram of client computers communicating with a server computer via the Internet Wikimedia Foundation rackmount servers in racks on a data center First WWW server located at CERN with its original sticker that says: "This machine is a server. DO NOT POWER IT DOWN!!" In computing , a server is a piece of computer hardware or software ( computer program ) that provides functionality for other programs or devices, called " clients ". This architecture is called the client–server model . 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 s...