Question 1

What is a server?

Accepted Answer

A server is a computer that waits for requests and sends back answers, like web pages, files or data, to anyone who asks.

Question 2

What is a real-life example of server?

Accepted Answer

Like a library's help desk: people arrive with requests all day, and the librarian fetches exactly what each one asks for.

Question 3

What does a web server do?

Accepted Answer

A server listens for requests and answers them by sending back the page, file or data that was asked for.

Question 4

What is a server, physically?

Accepted Answer

A server is a computer, often one of thousands in a data centre, that stays on and connected all the time.

Question 5

Is each job done by the browser or the server?

Accepted Answer

The browser runs on your device and shows things to you. The server stores the files and sends them when asked.

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