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vincent lo
Jul 30, 2007, 05:46 AM
What is a server and what ia a driver? Are they the same?

CaptainRich
Jul 30, 2007, 05:54 AM
The server connects your computer to internet and networks. Drivers controls the interface between a computer and a peripheral device.

ScottGem
Jul 30, 2007, 05:54 AM
Nope two totally different things. A server is either hardware or software that 'serves" information to another device. A driver is a small piece of software that allows a piece of hardware to communicate with the operating system.

For example: you might have a computer on a network function as a file server so that other computers can share the files. A printer would have a driver that tells the OS haw to print to it.

Nosnosna
Jul 30, 2007, 05:54 AM
A server is a computer or program that allows multiple users to use the same piece of data, rather than each user having their own copy. This website runs on a server, allowing all of us to share the information on it.

A driver is a piece of software that tells your computer how to interact with certain of its parts.

Capuchin
Jul 30, 2007, 05:55 AM
Servers serve and drivers drive! A miracle of the English language.

Curlyben
Jul 31, 2007, 01:24 AM
Not at all.
Right basically a server is a big assed computer that deals with requests for information.
A driver is a small program that allows a computer to talk to attached devices.

lcole
Aug 16, 2007, 03:59 PM
what is a server and what ia a driver? are they the same?
No, a driver is software required by a computer to communicate with a piece of hardware. And a server is a computer that shares its resources, (like printers and files) with other computers on a network.