I hear the word server in all sorts of contexts whenever computers are involved. What is a server and how does it relate to a PC?
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A PC is a “personal computer” a server is a “business computer”. The main differences are that servers don’t exactly have a monitor, keyboard, and mouse like personal computers do, and servers mainly just send and receive information from PCs and other servers. That information can be web pages, files, streamed videos, etc. They also do some tasks behind the scenes, like running code and performing tasks (an example of a code/task would be a YouTube server converting your .MP4 video to .WebM after you upload it, then storing that file in a database where it sits until somebody wants to watch that video).
The general concept is that a server “serves” files or data. Your computer makes a request to a server (i.e. a web page or download) and it sends you those files or data.
That is my basic understanding, if anybody has input or corrections, put a comment.
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