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Edit Watch this page Read in another language Server (computing) Page issues Wikimedia Foundation   servers First   WWW   server located at   CERN with its original sticker that says: "This machine is a server. DO NOT POWER IT DOWN!!" In   computing , a   server   is a   computer program or a   device   that provides functionality for other programs or devices, called " clients ". This   architecture   is called the   client–server model , and a single overall computation is distributed across multiple processes or devices. Servers can provide various functionalities, often called "services", such as sharing data or   resources   among multiple clients, or performing computation for a client. A single server can serve multiple clients, and a single client can use multiple servers. A client process may run on the same device or may connect over a network to a server on a different devi...