Uploaded November 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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With this video I explain my ~17y/o self what a "Server" is. We look at server software and servers in datacenters to understand how the word is used.

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CHAPTERS
00:00 - Intro to "What is a Server?"
00:47 - Wikipedia Server Definition
01:42 - Game Servers
02:50 - Client and Server Communication
04:30 - Web Servers
05:10 - A Server is just a Program
06:38 - A Server is just a Computer
08:30 - Server Hardware
10:10 - What is Server Software?
11:54 - Servers are Everywhere
14:00 - Related Terms and Thought Experiment
17:04 - Outro

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