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Definitions of database server:

Manages data queries.
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Any database application that follows the client/server architecture model, which divides the application into two parts: a front-end running on the user's workstation and a back-end running on a server or host computer. The front-end interacts with the user and collects and displays the data. The back-end performs all the computer-intensive tasks, including data analysis, storage, and manipulation. (Ref: Dyson, Dictionary of Networking)
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A database server is specifically configured to run database software. Typically, a company will use a database server combined with other servers to run a powerful web application such as e-commerce.
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A database program on a local area network, utilized with client programs (such as MS Access) by multiple users.
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A data storage and retrieval system. Database servers typically run on a dedicated computer and are accessed by client applications over a network.
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Software or hardware that doles out access to PCs on a LAN the way a file server doles out files. A database server is the back end part of a client-server database. It controls the storage of the data, grants access to users, updates and deletes records, and communicates with other LAN servers when necessary.
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A computer that stores data centrally for network users & managers & often uses client-server software to distribute the processing of that data between itself & nodes requesting information.
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the machine where the database engine resides.
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A database server is a computer program that provides database services to other computer programs or computers, as defined by the client-server model. The term may also refer to a computer dedicated to running such a program. Database management systems frequently provide database server functionality, and some DBMS's (e.g., MySQL) rely exclusively on the client-server model for database access.
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