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yes it does. So basically if someone says they're running a server in their house, they are hosting a website?

 

 

It can also be a file server, where you have a PC connected to your home network, stuffed full of storage drives.

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yes it does. So basically if someone says they're running a server in their house, they are hosting a website?

Meh, kinda. You can host a website or a game server and other things.

 

A game server is basically something that you send data to, things like: where you are, where bullets are and other things like that. There are TONS of videos, I'll try to find some.

 

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It can also be a file server, where you have a PC connected to your home network, stuffed full of storage drives.

is a NAS an example of that? also if you wanted to have a place where all the computers in your house could store data on one drive (cloud for your home computers), could I use any computer or does it need to be exclusively used as a server?

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is a NAS an example of that? also if you wanted to have a place where all the computers in your house could store data on one drive (cloud for your home computers), could I use any computer or does it need to be exclusively used as a server?

 

 

 

A NAS is that, yes.  

You can use any server, you just simply connect it to the network with a drive, and give all other PC's on the network access to it's drives.

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Meh, kinda. You can host a website or a game server and other things.

 

A game server is basically something that you send data to, things like: where you are, where bullets are and other things like that. There are TONS of videos, I'll try to find some.

 

I don't think I need to watch the video, I think I get the idea of it. Thanks a bunch! :)

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A server is a computer that hosts something either on a local network or the internet.

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The way I look at it, it is a remote computer. For consumes like us it is usually a box with some old hardware just good enough to run a lightweight server. But I also encourage you to learn more and to practice with servers, there are so many different options. They are a great way to learn about hardware, software, and OSes (usually of the linux variety), and, in my opinion, are the first step after learning a good amount about just a Windows game rig and such. I am trying to learn about all these different things right now, and I would recommend starting with a mail server, some sort of htpc (mythbuntu is great, I am learning a lot just from trying to use it), build a pfsense router, or something else if you prefer. I know I am jumping the gun here assuming you want to learn more, but the knowledge I have gained from working with this kind of stuff is invaluable. 

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A server is basically just a computer that other computers or devices connect to.

The reason for connecting to the server may be to visit a website hosted on the server; or accessing some files or media repository on the server; or running some applications that exist on the server.

There are windows servers (doesn't even have to be the "server" variety of windows), Linux servers, etc. I prefer Linux myself... it is free.

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yes it does. So basically if someone says they're running a server in their house, they are hosting a website?

 

A server doesn't have to be specialist equipment. Any PC can be set up to be a server. It is a computer (PC or specific hardware) that is built to serve some function (web server - websites, mail server - work email system, file server - network drives or database). When you download some linux distro like Ubuntu, you get to decide between the server version or the desktop version of Ubuntu. The only difference between the server and desktop is that the desktop version has loads of extra stuff like word processing, multimedia programs and a graphics interface (GUI). The server version has none of that. It is a stripped down version with only the bare essentials of the OS required to run the thing. This is because the less that is installed, the less vulnerable the system is. With the server version you then install the server applications (i.e. functions) that you want your server to run. You can install Samba file server then and turn your regular PC into a file server. As you can see there is no physical difference between the two. The reason that server hardware seems different is that it is rated to work for 24/7 operation where your PC my burn up and die if it was put through the same working environments. 

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The way I look at it, it is a remote computer. For consumes like us it is usually a box with some old hardware just good enough to run a lightweight server. But I also encourage you to learn more and to practice with servers, there are so many different options. They are a great way to learn about hardware, software, and OSes (usually of the linux variety), and, in my opinion, are the first step after learning a good amount about just a Windows game rig and such. I am trying to learn about all these different things right now, and I would recommend starting with a mail server, some sort of htpc (mythbuntu is great, I am learning a lot just from trying to use it), build a pfsense router, or something else if you prefer. I know I am jumping the gun here assuming you want to learn more, but the knowledge I have gained from working with this kind of stuff is invaluable. 

I do want to learn more about this stuff and I'm just starting right now :P It's pretty interesting

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