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Server

a network computer (and/or software) that performs a wide variety of functions
such as delivering data to client computers. Servers store and deliver,
upon demand, files to other computers on the network. A Web server, for example,
stores Web pages that are simply files. When a Web browser, prompted
by a user, sends a request for a particular page, the server calls up the file from
its hard disk and sends it to the browser over the network. Web servers need to
have large data storage disks to store multiple pages. The term also refers to
computers other than Web servers. A server on a LAN might maintain files
needed exclusively by the users of that network, while an e-commerce server
would maintain and deliver data essential to the transfer of funds for commercial
transactions on the Internet.