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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>server</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../S.html" title="S"/><link rel="previous" href="September-that-never-ended.html" title="September that never ended"/><link rel="next" href="SEX.html" title="SEX"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">server</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="September-that-never-ended.html">Prev</a><EFBFBD></td><th width="60%" align="center">S</th><td width="20%" align="right"><EFBFBD><a accesskey="n" href="SEX.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="server"/><dt xmlns="" id="server"><b>server</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> A kind of <a href="../D/daemon.html"><i class="glossterm">daemon</i></a> that performs a service for
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the requester and which often runs on a computer other than the one on
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which the requestor/client runs. A particularly common term on the
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Internet, which is rife with <span class="firstterm">web
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servers</span>, <span class="firstterm">name servers</span>,
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<span class="firstterm">domain servers</span>, ‘news
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servers’, <span class="firstterm">finger servers</span>, and
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the like.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="September-that-never-ended.html">Prev</a><EFBFBD></td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../S.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"><EFBFBD><a accesskey="n" href="SEX.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">September that never ended<65></td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"><EFBFBD>SEX</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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