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Outcomes

In this lesson you will

• distinguish between server as hardware, operating system, and software application
• distinguish between client as hardware, operating system, and software application

Students will

• distinguish between hardware, operating system, and software servers and clients
• investigate HTTP and FTP servers and clients as examples of software servers and clients

Introduction

Section 2 distinguishes between hardware servers and workstations, operating system servers and clients, and software servers and clients.  HTTP and FTP are examined as 2 examples of software servers and clients.

Prerequisites

To be successful in this lesson, it would be helpful to know the following:

• function and operation of networks