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What Server farm is


A group of networked servers that are housed in one location in order to streamline internal processes, distributing the workload between the individual components. In other words, a server farm expedites computing processes by harnessing the power of multiple servers. The farms rely on load-balancing software that tracks demand for processing power from different machines, prioritizes the tasks, and schedules and reschedules them depending on the priority and demand that users put on the network. When one server in the farm fails, another can step in as a backup.

Combining servers and processing power into a single entity has been relatively common for many years in research and academic institutions. Today, more and more companies are utilizing server farms to handle the enormous amount of computerized tasks and services they require.


The meaning of Program


Another term for software, it is basically a list of instructions (written in a programming language) that tells a computer how to execute certain functions and perform tasks in a specific way.

There are many kinds of programs, including:
-antivirus, which detect and remove computer viruses
-application, which are tools that perform specific kinds of tasks (such as word processing)
-authoring, to help create Web sites
-calendar, which contain a calendar or appointment book
-child, which are actually subprograms loaded into memory and used by the main program
-computer program components (CPC), which are routines or modules within a larger program
-conversion, which change a file from one format to another
-demo, which exhibit a sample of a program for free or for a low price
-drawing, used for drawing, illustrating, and editing graphics
-event-driven, which wait for events to occur and then respond to them
-file recovery, which restore files that have been damaged or unintentionally deleted,
-file transfer programs (FTP), which enable a user to copy a file from one computer to another
-formatingt, which erase a disk and prepare it for use
-system, such as the operating system
-utility, which maintain the computer system
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Tha words and phrases of category 'Computer':
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