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Most computers who host files for others to use are called Servers. Most of the time these computers have a lot of hard drive space as well as a lot of RAM and multiple CPUs. These costs a lot, but depending on who is in need of it these are the best option.

If the computer that is sharing files is a normal computer such as a school computer, or home computer connected to a network, then it would just a computer.
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