Servers (Linktionary term)

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A server is either a hardware-based processing device or a software-based process that provides services to network users. This topic describes the former: servers, processors, server components, racks, and related components.

This topic continues in "The Encyclopedia of Networking and Telecommunications" with a discussion of the following:

Servers, server farms, and clusters of servers
Multiprocessing and parallel processing
Server evaluation criteria and buying decision points
Server architectures

PCI and PCI-X

CompactPCI

InfiniBand

Boxes and racks
SSI initiative (Server System Infrastructure)