But it is rare that a single, central server has the responsibility for distributing content to users.
The video is stored on hard disks on a central server and is streamed to each seat.
They need to meet the SEC mandate that all electronic communication must be stored on a central server.
These devices communicate wirelessly with another device in the field, or back to a central server, to create value.
Pragmatists say it is simply a computer architecture that uses a central server but with peers that are all independent.
The MobileSpan Gateway is a central server application that acts as a transparent browser and document proxy on the corporate network.
Unlike traditional networks, in which PCs must communicate through central server computers, P2P networks let users communicate directly with one another.
Grokster and StreamCast tried to get around this objection by writing software that allowed files to be swapped without a central server.
One of these services, video-on-demand, stores programming on a central server, where users can access it at the click of a remote.
Network Associates has taken offline a central server in Santa Clara, Calif.
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In a distributed network, however, the central server is removed, and the user account passes information directly to another user who requests it.
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The system proposed by Microsoft keeps the access rights for a document on a central server, so the permissions can be changed at a later date.
It uses a central server to link computers together to avoid the complexity of other peer-to-peer programs such as Gnutella, a file-sharing program popular among the high-tech community.
Orders are keyed in at your table and beamed to a central server, from whence the restaurant pod is instructed to retrieve the appropriate ingredients from the freezer and program the microwave.
Brian Jones of computer company Oracle, who co-developed the system with Idaho Technology, EYT and ScenPro said it was easy to set up because the software runs off a central server accessed via the Net, so the hospitals do not have to install additional hardware or software.
The lack of any central computer server makes it all but impossible to wipe out illegal copies.
The patent describes a central media server and a "plurality of media player devices" that access the server over various networks -- but it was filed for on September 20th, 2005, which, you'll note, is after the 2003 launch of the iTunes Store.
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Complementing a central HR system implementation, products like SharePoint server can act a central hub for collaboration and information management, while Yammer can facilitate social networking and performance management, and Lync can enable VoIP, instant messaging, teleconferencing, and more.
The idea of a central management console for all server and desktop administration tools is a complete change for NT users and should give managers greater control over more NT resources.
The PC itself is likely to become the central brain of a networked home, a miniature server in control of everything from your evening's entertainment to the air conditioning.
In the SDN approach, those control functions are split off to be managed by one central program, which may be run on an inexpensive server system.
The newspaper said groups affected by the cuts include Windows, Office, Server and Tools, Online Services and Windows Phone as well as the central marketing group.
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