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Subject:Definition of Server From:"Delaney, Misti" <ncr02!ncr02!mdelaney -at- UCS01 -dot- ATTMAIL -dot- COM> Date:Tue, 11 Jul 1995 13:56:00 -0500
From: Price, Becca
Subject: RE: Definition of Server
Date: Tuesday, July 11, 1995 12:45PM
Beverly Parks wrote:
It was my understanding that the original poster wanted something
basic, *very* basic, and which even omitted any reference to
networks. In that case, I think both of the above are too much.
I suggest
"A server is a computer that stores programs and data that can
be accessed and used by other computers."
