Chapter 4. Implementing Server Applications
In this chapter, we will cover the following topics:
- Implementing a synchronous iterative TCP server
- Implementing a synchronous parallel TCP server
- Implementing an asynchronous TCP server
Introduction
A server is a part of a distributed application that provides a service or services that are consumed by other parts of this application—clients. Clients communicate with the server in order to consume services provided by it.
Usually, a server application plays a passive role in the client-server communication process. During start-up, a server application attaches to a particular well-known port (meaning, it is known to the potential clients or at least it can be obtained by the clients at runtime from some ...
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