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A server Is an end device. A server, is innately is either a source or destination device, which is, by definition an end device
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To be used as an intermediary device between your smartphone and your laptop computer.
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what is intermediary device
well if you are talking about networking devices this would be the answer to your question. ^end devices usually refer to a piece of equipment that is either the source or the destination of a message on a network. -computers, including workstations, laptops, and servers connected to a network -network printers, Voice Over IP (voip) phones -camera on a network, including web cams and security cameras ^intermediary devices connect the individual hosts such as -switches -modems -routers -and even firewalls can be considered an intermediary device because they analyze traffic exiting and entering a network Note: A hub is NOT considered an intermediary device because it does not make forwarding decisions.
No packet can be forwarded without a route. Whether the packet is originating in a host or being forwarded by an intermediary device, the device must have a route to identify where to forward the packet.
Security between networks is implemented in an intermediary device (a router or firewall appliance) at the perimeter of the network. The firewall function performed by this device permits only known, trusted data to access the network.
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An end device acts as the source (i.e., generates and transmits messages) or as the destination (i.e., receives and interprets messages, that is, consumes their information content) of the communication process, whereas the linked intermediary devices form a transmission system in order to transport the messages between the sender and the destination devices (also called hosts). End devices are attached to this transmission system by linking to an edge intermediary device (usually, a large number of end devices is connected with an edge device with some transmission media). Example of end devices include computers, IP phones, mobile phones, PDAs, etc. Examples of intermediary devices include hubs, switches, routers, etc.
The common name for the timekeeping device sometimes known as a shadow clock is a sundial.