Servers

List of Servers and it's Roles...

1. Real-Time Communication Servers

Also known as chat servers or IRC, and

sometimes known as instant

messaging (IM)

servers, these servers are meant to

allow huge

number users to exchange

information

instantly.

2. FTP Servers

This is one of the oldest of the Internet

services available. The FTP or File

Transfer

Protocol allows the users to securely

transfer

one or more files of any size between

two

computers.

3. Collaboration Servers

In many ways, collaboration software,

once

called 'groupware,' demonstrates the

original

power of the Web. Collaboration

software

designed to enable users to

collaborate,

regardless of location, via the Internet

or a

corporate intranet and to work

together in a

virtual atmosphere.

4. List Servers

List servers lets users better manage

their

mass mailing lists like open interactive

discussions or one-way lists to deliver

newsletters, announcements or

advertising.

5. Telnet Servers

The Telnet server lets the users on to a

host

computer control and work on remote

computers.

6. Web Servers

At its core, a Web server serves static

content

to a Web browser by loading a file

from a disk

and serving it across the network to a

user's

Web browser. This entire exchange is

mediated

by the browser and server talking to

each other

using HTTP.

7. Virtual Servers

A virtual server is a web server which

shares

its resources with multiple users. It's

another

way of saying that multiple web sites

share the

resources of one server.

8. Proxy Servers

Proxy server is a server which acts as

an

intermediary for requests between the

users

and the servers. Client connects to the

proxy

server and the proxy server evaluates

the

requests sent by the users simplifies

them and

control their complexities.

9. Mail Servers

Mail servers help in moving and

storing the e-

mail over a network via LANs and

WANs or

across the Internet.

10. Server Platforms...