connection to a Web server‚ requested a page and received it. Behind the Scenes If you want to get into a bit more detail on the process of getting a Web page onto your computer screen‚ here are the basic steps that occurred behind the scenes: The browser broke the URL into three parts: The protocol ("http") The server name ("www.howstuffworks.com") The file name ("web-server.htm") The browser communicated with a # HYPERLINK "http://computer.howstuffworks.com/dns.htm" #name server# to translate
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Jiirgen Bitzer and Philipp J. H. Srhroder (Editurs) O 2006 Published by Elsevier B.V. Linux vs. Windows: A Comparison of Application and Platform Innovation Incentives for Open Source and Proprietary Software Platforms Nicholas Economides and Evangelos Katsamakas ABSTRACT The chapter analyzes and compares the investment incentives of platform and application developers for Linux and Windows. We find that the level of investment in applications is larger when the operating system is open source
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whereby it refers to a computer that has multi-tier client server architecture which the end user (client) do not use any hard disk and the programs run and display via browser. The program is actual execute from main server and not from desktop pc. The client which operates as terminal needs to continuously communicate with the server. Thick or Fat client is a technology whereby it also refers to a computer with multi-tier client server architecture which the end user (client) using its own resources
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In Computer science client-server is a software architecture model consisting of two parts‚ client systems and server systems‚ both communicate over acomputer network or on the same computer. A client-server application is a distributed system consisting of both client and server software. The clientprocess always initiates a connection to the server‚ while the server process always waits for requests from any client. When both the client process and server process are running on the same computer
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The Modern Olympics were shaped in different ways that include many social‚ economic‚ and political factors. These factors over time changed the games from what they were in 1892 to what they were in 2002. Based on the documents the games have been changing not only the games themselves but also the countries that participate and human rights however these can be positive changes or negative changes. The Social factors changing the games include those of Sybil Newall and Hassiba Boulemerka who
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The client–server model is an approach to computer network programming developed at Xerox PARC during the 1970s. It is now prevalent in computer networks. Email‚ the World Wide Web‚ and network printing all apply the client–server model. The model assigns one of two roles to the computers in a network: Client or server. A server is a computer system that selectively shares its resources; a client is a computer or computer program that initiates contact with a server in order to make use of a resource
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PeopleSoft Messaging Server Settings Guide 1 Contents 2 Introduction Introducing the PeopleSoft Messaging Server 3 Messaging Server Processes 4 Configuring Messaging Servers in PSADMIN 4 Understanding Dispatcher Parameters 5 Understanding Handler Parameters 7 Understanding Integration Broker Parameters 8 Minimum and Recommended Values. 9 Edit History 10 Introduction Introducing the PeopleSoft Messaging Server PeopleSoft Messaging Services exist on the application server and are the heart
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Server Security Policy 1.0 Purpose The purpose of this policy is to establish standards for the base configuration of internal server equipment that is owned and/or operated by . Effective implementation of this policy will minimize unauthorized access to proprietary information and technology. 2.0 Scope This policy applies to server equipment owned and/or operated by ‚ and to servers registered under any -owned internal network domain. This policy is specifically for equipment on the internal
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Introduction: If you wish to host a website‚ you need to have a server for that. Servers can be shared or dedicated‚ and in terms of customization and security we find that dedicated servers are the best servers today. Dedicated servers usually have high installation costs but low operation costs‚ and the cheap rates and lucrative discounts available today have made dedicated servers more cost-effective. Why choose Dedicated Servers? Servers are entrance paths for a website to the Internet or the Web
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Over the years‚ a number of web servers have been written. Apache is one of the oldest‚ most widely used web servers in use today .It was implemented with a scaling mechanism that works‚ but is relatively inefficient in some ways. Since that time some newer web servers have come out that attempt to address some of the shortcomings of Apache. The most prominent among those are Sun‚ Nginx and Google. This web servers are examine the relative performance of each web server to see how they compare head-to-head
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