what is Server and how does it works? Could you please explain it to me?

what is Server and how does it works? Could you please explain it to me?

In simple words, Server is a centralized computer which answers all the queries coming from the other computers (clients).

It is like a request response. Client computers request for a server regarding the particular information. When server receives the request – it looks for that information and sends it back to client as a response.

There are different types of servers.

 

1. File Server – responsible for managing all the files over the network and make sure these files accessible to the client computers whenever required.

 

1. Print Server – It is used to manage all the print jobs of the client computers over the network.

 

1. Web Server – It works with Hypertext Transfer Protocol (http ://) on the basis of request response. When the client computer asks for information related to website say http://www.gmail.com, the server looks for the webpage and sends back the response as a homepage of the website.

 

Application Server – At organization level, it stores and manages the information of an organization- its users, databases and business application of that organization.