Server

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A stack of servers
A stack of servers
A server is also a person who serves, like a waiter at a restaurant.

In net jargon (words people use about the Internet) a server is software that runs on a cig computer to serve many things from user or client machines. Client-server is the usual name for this. It relies on a protocol. For example, an HTTP server runs the HTTP protocol to create a web site on your computer.

In a peer to peer system, every computer might be both a client and a server to each other. This is good for file sharing.