Labels:basket | booth | box | bulletin board | crt screen | daily | hakham | microwave | monitor | mountain | path | person | railing | sidewalk | sky | windowpane OCR: 2 7 8 SECTION D CHAPTER What is a file server? A file server is a computer whose primary pur- FIGURE 5-44 pose be repository for files that can be accessed by network Servers are sold as tower units workstations. file server can reside on any personal computer. For (top) or as rack -mountable units example you might designate one of your oid desktop computers as a file (bottom) typically used for server and use it to store lots of big video files that you don't want clog- business applications ging up your local hard disk A file server connects to a LAN's router just like any other network device You can also purchase computing device advertised as server. server typically has no monitor o keyboard; its system unit contains microprocessor, memory high-capacity hard disk, and built-in netwo ...
