1.2.2 Describe the roles that a computer can take in a networked world.

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Client
Computer hardware or software that accesses a service made available by a server.
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Server
A system that responds to requests across a computer network to provide, or help to provide, a network service.
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E-mail server
A mail server usually consists of a storage area where e-mails are stored for local users, a set of user definable rules which determine how the mail server should react to the destination of a specific message.
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DNS server
Naming system for computers, services, or any resource connected to the Internet or a provate network. It associates various information with domain names assigned to each of the participating entities.
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Router
A device that forwards data packets between computer networks. They perform to "traffic directing" functions of data packets on the internet. They are forwarded between routers until they reach their destinations.
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Firewall
Software/Hardware based network security system that controls network traffic by analysing the data packets and allowing admittance to the network based on rule set.
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A system that responds to requests across a computer network to provide, or help to provide, a network service.

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Server

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A mail server usually consists of a storage area where e-mails are stored for local users, a set of user definable rules which determine how the mail server should react to the destination of a specific message.

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Naming system for computers, services, or any resource connected to the Internet or a provate network. It associates various information with domain names assigned to each of the participating entities.

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A device that forwards data packets between computer networks. They perform to "traffic directing" functions of data packets on the internet. They are forwarded between routers until they reach their destinations.

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