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Part 1 · Lesson 1 · Beginner

Clients & Servers

A server is a computer running a listening process.

In this interactive Infrastructure lesson from Stencel Academy you don't just read — you type real commands like ssh admin@web-01, uptime and watch the machine respond on a live, animated map. It is part of the free How Infrastructure Works course.

Key takeaway: A server is an ordinary computer, always on, running processes that listen for other computers.

Before this lesson

Builds on: The Round Trip.

What you'll practise

Terms you'll learn

SSHremote shelldaemonhostload average

Check your understanding

What makes web-01 a 'server'?
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