What roles does a server play on the network?

Answer 1

The purpose of a server for a network is to provide a communications between the internet and your computer (in other words it serves as a way to allow others outside of your home network to communicate with your computer)

Answer 2

The server on a Network is the Main computer where all of the information passes through.

Think of a diagram Where you have One computer, then a bunch of Computers branching off of it, the center Computer would be the server.

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| 1 ..|................| 2 ..|

|___|................|___|

........\ ............/

..........\ ____/

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............| s ..|

............|___|

........../.........\

......../............\

___ /...............\ ___

| .....|................|..... |

| 3 ..|................| 4.. |

|___|................|___|

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Computers 1, 2, 3 and 4 can only communicate on the Network because they are joined by s, the server.

Hope that helps.

Answer 3

A server is a combination of hardware and software that provides services to a group (network) of computers.

Answer 4

A network server in computer science is a way of connecting a group of computers through a central server. It allows data to be shared between them and everything is saved onto the server.