Getting familiar with UNIX-Internet lingo
Before you venture out onto the Internet using the information in this chapter, you should become familiar with some concepts and terminology.
A server is a computer that stores files and "serves" them whenever requested. For example, you might think of a Web server as a big storehouse for .html files. Its job is to store .html files, wait for another computer to request files, then find the requested files and "serve" them to the requesting computer. And, yes, your UNIX system might be a Web server, but it doesn't have to be.
A client is a program that runs on your UNIX system and is used to access files on a server. For example, your lynx Web browser is a client—that is, it runs on your UNIX system ...
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