Server

A server application is defined as a program that accepts a connection in order to service it’s requests. It follows this up by sending a response back to the client. A server may also refer to a type of computer designed to function such programs with little human direction. Some examples include email severs, file servers and web servers. A computer intended to function with one specific server application is typically named in accordance to that application. An example of this would be the Apache HTTP server, which is the name of a particular company’s software that also acts as a web server. Server applications may be divided amongst numerous server computers depending on the workload. If the load is light, every application can function concurrently over a single server computer. If the load is heavy, multiple computers may be required for each server application. Under a medium workload, it is rather common to use one computer per application, a tactic that reduces the amount of damage inflicted by the failure of a single server computer or the security breach of a single server application.