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Jnc: Add modern second meaning

2019-08-17T14:43:23Z

Add modern second meaning

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	In an [[application]] which runs across a [[communication network]], the ~~'''~~server~~'''~~ is the end which provides the service (hence the name); the [[client]] at the other end makes contact with the server to request the service.		The term '''server''' has two related meanings.

			In the original meaning, in an [[application]] which runs across a [[communication network]], the server is the end which provides the service (hence the name); the [[client]] at the other end makes contact with the server to request the service.

	While clients may come and go (in the sense of being started and shut down), servers (or a service housing which is prepared to start a server when a request comes in) generally are always operational, waiting for a request to come in (since the requests usually arrive [[asynchronous]]ly).		While clients may come and go (in the sense of being started and shut down), servers (or a service housing which is prepared to start a server when a request comes in) generally are always operational, waiting for a request to come in (since the requests usually arrive [[asynchronous]]ly).

			The later meaning is a computer which is intended primarily to run servers, to provide various services (usually [[World Wide Web\|Web]] [[hosting]]).

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Jnc: +cat

2018-12-13T20:06:46Z

+cat

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Jnc: Proper cat

2018-10-21T12:43:08Z

Proper cat

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	While clients may come and go (in the sense of being started and shut down), servers (or a service housing which is prepared to start a server when a request comes in) generally are always operational, waiting for a request to come in (since the requests usually arrive [[asynchronous]]ly).		While clients may come and go (in the sense of being started and shut down), servers (or a service housing which is prepared to start a server when a request comes in) generally are always operational, waiting for a request to come in (since the requests usually arrive [[asynchronous]]ly).

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Jnc: A start

2018-09-13T16:24:53Z

A start

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In an [[application]] which runs across a [[communication network]], the '''server''' is the end which provides the service (hence the name); the [[client]] at the other end makes contact with the server to request the service.

While clients may come and go (in the sense of being started and shut down), servers (or a service housing which is prepared to start a server when a request comes in) generally are always operational, waiting for a request to come in (since the requests usually arrive [[asynchronous]]ly).

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