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Peer-to-peer vs Client-Server
 Client-Server Network


Definition :

°Network in which one or more computers act as a server, and the other computers(clients) on the netwok request services from the server.
(Discovering Computers, Complete : 2013)

°Network in which one powerful computer coordinates and supplies services to all other nodes on a network.
(Computing Essentials, Complete : 2015)
What is client ?
 
Computer on a network that requests resources from the server. Also called workstation.


What is server ?

Computer that controls access to the hardware, software and other resources on a network and provides a centralized storage area for programs, data and informations.

SERVER:
  • Provides a central, common file storage area.
  • sharing hardwarwe such as printers.
  • Controlling who can or can't have access to the network.
  • Sharing Internet connections.