CLIENT-SERVER TERMINOLOGY
The following are common client-server terms:
Server. A server is a piece of hardware or software that provides a particular service to its clients. Examples of common servers used by every network user are web servers, mail servers, Domain Name Servers, and so on.
Client. A client is a user application used to access a service provided by a server. A web browser such as Netscape is a client application that uses services provided by a web server. Similarly, you also use clients for email that use services provided by mail servers.
Port number. A port number is the access point for a service. Port numbers are used to distinguish multiple services running on the same physical machine. To get a particular service, you ...
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