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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...