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A Dictionary of Computing | 2004 | | Copyright

file server A server specifically designed to support the storing of data, usually but not necessarily in a networked environment. The file server will be equipped with long-term storage, typically magnetic disks, with a means of making backup copies of files, typically high-capacity magnetic tape drives, and with high-bandwidth connections to the network. The system software will often be designed so that end-users need not be aware of the fact that their files are not held locally on their own workstation, but are held on the file server. In some systems the use of a file will cause it to be automatically copied onto the user's workstation, while in others the file will remain on the file server as the user works on the file. Some systems allow the user to specify where the file will be held while it is active.

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file server

A Dictionary of the Internet | 2001 | | Copyright

file server A SERVER which enables CLIENT computers on a network to access a central store of files. Usually these files are too large to store permanently on the clients. A WEB SERVER is a good example of a special type of file server, since it dispenses a wide variety of files to client computers which are executing BROWSERS. There are, however, other uses for file servers: for example one might be used in a drawing office for dispensing the large files used by electronic draughtsmen.

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	Big iron direct: powerful, affordable file servers for under $5,000.... Magazine article from: Computer Shopper; 8/1/1994
	Super servers at super prices. (five file servers are evaluated) (Hardware... Magazine article from: Computer Shopper; 4/1/1993
	MONTILIO/PENGUIN UNVEIL FASTEST STORAGE ACCESS FILE SERVER. Newspaper article from: UNIX Update; 10/1/2006