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2 local server
"An OLE server object implemented as an executable file that runs on the same computer as the client application. Because the server application is an executable file, it runs in its own process." -
3 gatekeeper
"A server that uses a directory to perform name-to-IP address translation, admission control, and call management services in H.323 conferencing." -
4 master server
A server that distributes jobs and receives events from multiple servers. -
5 media server
A server that hosts and delivers media across a network. -
6 NFS server
A computer providing Network File System (NFS) disk resources to NFS clients. -
7 network server
"On the Internet or other network, a computer or program that hosts web pages and responds to commands from a client." -
8 print server
A computer that is dedicated to managing the printers on a network. The print server can be any computer on the network. -
9 time server
A computer that periodically synchronizes the time on all computers within a network. This ensures that the time used by network services and local functions remains accurate. -
10 virtual server
"In a server cluster, a collection of services that appear to clients as a physical Windows-based server but are not associated with a specific server. A virtual server is typically a resource group that contains all of the resources needed to run a particular application and that can be failed over like any other resource group. All virtual servers must include a Network Name resource and an IP Address resource." -
11 web server
A server computer that hosts Web pages and responds to requests from browsers. -
12 LAN emulation configuration server
A server that assigns individual local area network emulation (LANE) clients to particular emulated local area networks (ELANs) by directing them to the LAN emulation server (LES).English-Arabic terms dictionary > LAN emulation configuration server
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13 ISP sign-up server
"An HTTP server that automates the task of adding new customers to an ISP's customer database. The Internet sign-up server collects information from each customer, adds the information to the ISP's customer database, and then passes a configuration packet back to the customer's desktop computer. The configuration packet contains information that is used to configure the customer's Internet browser for subsequent connection to the ISP's services." -
14 network access server
The device that accepts Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) connections and places clients on the network that the NAS serves. -
15 VPN server
A computer that accepts virtual private network (VPN) connections from VPN clients. A VPN server can provide a remote access VPN connection or a router-to-router VPN connection. -
16 monitor server
"In a log shipping configuration, a server instance on which every log shipping job in the configuration records its history and status. Each log shipping configuration has its own dedicated monitor server." -
17 secondary server
"In a log shipping configuration, the server instance where the secondary database resides. At regular intervals, the secondary server copies the latest log backup from the primary database and restores the log to the secondary database. The secondary server is a warm standby server." -
18 mirror server
"In a database mirroring configuration, the server instance where the mirror database resides. The mirror server is the mirroring partner whose copy of the database is currently the mirror database. The mirror server is a hot standby server." -
19 primary server
"In a log shipping configuration, the server instance where the primary database resides." -
20 principal server
"In database mirroring, the partner whose database is currently the principal database."
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