File server

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• Utilized when many computer systems are connected together as part of a LAN, a file server can retain email messages, financial data, word processing information, or be used to backup the network.^[1]

• A computer that is the central storage unit for a local area network (LAN).^[2]

• When several or many computers are networked together in a LAN situation, one computer may be utilized as a storage location for files for the group. File servers may be employed to store e-mail, financial data, word processing information or to back-up the network.^[3]

See also

• Computer
• File server
• Laptop computer
• Microcomputer
• Minicomputer
• Notebook computer
• Personal computer
• Workstation

Footnotes

1. ^  Vinson & Elkins LLP Practice Support, EDD Glossary.
2. ^  Legal Electronic Document Institute, Basic Principles of Automated Litigation Support (2005).
3. ^  Kroll Ontrack, Glossary of Terms, http://www.krollontrack.com/glossaryterms.