The Computer Revolution/Hardware/Servers

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Servers

All the stuff we do on the Internet is run by a server. All the pages we download, gaming we do, surfing we do, emails we write, libraries we enter, all is done by a server. It is a very important asset to today’s computer world. How it works is pretty simple. When a individual requests a page, their computer requests a page from a server where that web address is located and the server sends the page requested. It is a language that computers talk. When we request a page, that web address is translated into IP address which uses it to connect to specific server. There is also many types of servers; application server, data server, web server, fax server etc. Each server is designed to perform its specific part in the computer world.