Servers

FTP Servers

File Transfer Protocol (FTP ) is one of the oldest server types. It is responsible for transferring files from server to a computer and vice versa.

Proxy Servers

The Proxy server is responsible for a connection between a client(web browser or an app) with and an external server to entertain the request for connection, performance enhancement, and accessibility.

Online Gaming Servers

Gaming server has gained its popularity in a recent decay. This type of server is responsible for connecting hundreds of gamer around the world to an external server(s) for accessing gaming data.

example = xbox live

Web Servers

Responsible for hosting website files and serve it up through a web browser. It loads an individual file of a web page and loads it to display in the browser as one complete page.

Application Servers

Have lion’s share in computer territory between database servers and the end user, where servers are often connected to the two

List Servers

Used to enhance the functionality & management of mailing lists. Whether they are an interactive database that is open to the public or one-way lists that deliver newsletters, announcements or advertising.

Chat Servers

Enables a number of people to share information in the environment of an internet newsgroup that offer real-time discussion capabilities.

IRC Servers

Comprised of various independent networks of servers that allow users to connect to each other via an IRC network. It is an option for those who are seeking real-time competence.

Fax Servers

Those organizations that want to reduce the incoming and outgoing telephone resources; a fax server is an ideal solution. However, there is a need to fax the actual document.

Groupware Servers

Designed to make the users able to work together, regardless of their location, through the Internet or a corporate Intranet and to work together in a virtual environment.

Mail Servers

Just is as important as a web server is. A mail server is to send/receive and store emails on the corporate networks through LAN's and WAN's and across the internet.

Telnet Servers

By the help of it, users log on to a host computer and perform work as if they are working on an isolated computer.

News Servers

A source of distribution and delivery for hundreds of available public newsgroups accessible over the USENET news network.

Server Platforms

A term often used synonymously with operating system, a platform is the underlying hardware or software for a system and is thus the engine that drives the server.

Real Time Communication Server

Formerly known as chat servers or IRC Servers, and still sometimes referred to as instant messaging (IM) servers, enable large numbers users to exchange information near instantaneously.