Types Of Servers Flashcards
What Is A Server?
A server is a networked computer that is providing a specific service to other computers on the network
What Are The 8 Types Of Server’s covered in the Specification?
- File
- Application
- Database
- Web
- Hypervision
- Proxy
What Is An Example Of A Server?
IBM File Server
What Is A Print Server?
a computer whose sole task is to manage printing jobs sent to a networked printer.
Name Locations Where You Would Find A Print Server?
- College - Barton Peveril
- Offices
- Schools
- Print Shops
- Large Organisations/ Businesses
What Is Application Server?
An application server allows client computers to run licenced applications without needing to be installed locally.
(Simply Put Running Applications from a remote Server)
What Is The Key Example Of Application Servers?
- Novell Zenworks/ ZenApps
What Is A Database Server?
is a computer program that provides database services to other computer programs or to computers
Name 1 Out Of The Many Examples Of Database Software
Oracle, DB2, Informix, Microsoft SQL server, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Ingres.
What Is A Web Server?
is a computer system that processes requests via HTTP
An Example Of Web Server?
Apache HTTP server
OR:
Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS).
Mail Server Definition?
is a computer system that sends and receives email.
Mail Server Examples?
- POP3
2. IMAP
What Is Hypervisor Server?
It is a technique that allows multiple guest operating systems (OS) to run on a single host system at the same time.
Examples Of Hypervisor Server?
- VMware
- Oracle VM
- Citrix Viewer
- Parallels For Mac
