alternatively, large computing clusters may be composed of many relatively simple, replaceable server components. The use of the word server in computing comes from...
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host runs one or more server programs, which share their resources with clients. A client usually does not share its computing resources, but it requests...
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An application server is a server that hosts applications or software that delivers a business application through a communication protocol. For a typical...
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Computer cluster (redirect from Cluster server)
and scheduled by software. The newest manifestation of cluster computing is cloud computing. The components of a cluster are usually connected to each other...
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In computing, a daemon is a program that runs as a background process, rather than being under the direct control of an interactive user. Customary convention...
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software Cloud computing Virtual central processing unit (vCPU) Virtual private cloud Nguyễn, Thành (March 2017). "Virtual Private Server (VPS) or Virtual...
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additional local storage. Blade servers function well for specific purposes such as web hosting, virtualization, and cluster computing. Individual blades are typically...
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In computing, load balancing is the process of distributing a set of tasks over a set of resources (computing units), with the aim of making their overall...
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In computing, a file server (or fileserver) is a computer attached to a network that provides a location for shared disk access, i.e. storage of computer...
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problems of other grid computing models. Cloud computing shares characteristics with: Client–server model – Client–server computing refers broadly to any...
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Server farms are commonly used for cluster computing. Many modern supercomputers comprise giant server farms of high-speed processors connected by either...
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A home server is a computing server located in a private computing residence providing services to other devices inside or outside the household through...
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to the server along with other operations (depending on user's privileges). Server (computing) File Transfer Protocol Comparison of FTP server software...
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i48 multi-node is a server that can be deployed in a 4U chassis with 8 different types of dual-computing nodes to meet computing, PCI-E expansion, storage...
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reported in graph). Server (computing) Application server Comparison of web server software HTTP server (core part of a web server program that serves...
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bare-metal server or physical server is computer server that is not a virtual machine, typically used by one consumer, or tenant, only. Each server offered...
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High-Performance Computing to the Mainstream". Stories. 2006-06-09. Retrieved 2023-01-14. "Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003 and Windows Compute Cluster Edition...
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A sound server is software that manages the use of and access to audio devices (usually a sound card). It commonly runs as a background process. In a Unix-like...
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game server (also sometimes referred to as a host) is a server which is the authoritative source of events in a multiplayer video game. The server transmits...
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Look up Server in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Server may refer to: Server (computing), a computer program or a device that provides requested information...
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Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS) is a data center server computer product line composed of server hardware, virtualization support, switching fabric...
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Service (redirect from Service (Computing))
protocol, typically over a network Service, the function provided by a server (computing) Service, local implementations in software: Service, a program in...
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Universal Plug and Play (redirect from UPnP AV media server)
a DHCP client and search for a DHCP server when the device is first connected to the network. If no DHCP server is available, the device must assign...
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application servers Server (computing) HTTP server Web server Johny, Anil; Madhusoodanan, K. N. (2021). "Edge Computing Using Embedded Webserver with...
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projects, such as: Two years after the Open Compute Project had started, with regards to a more modular server design, it was admitted that "the new design...
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Strictly, a private server is any machine or virtual machine used as a server that is privately administrated. Colloquially the term is nearly-exclusively...
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Distributed networking (section Client/server)
Client/server computing is a type of distributed computing where one computer, a client, requests data from the server, a primary computing center, which...
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The Apache HTTP Server is a free and open-source cross-platform web server, released under the terms of Apache License 2.0. It is developed and maintained...
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In information technology (IT), to sunset a server, service, software feature, etc. is to plan to intentionally remove or discontinue it. In most cases...
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high-performance server solutions. In 2015, MiTAC Computing entered a distribution agreement with Avnet Embedded to distribute its cloud database and computing equipment...
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