Application Services & File Services

Application Services

These are nothing but providing network based services to the users such as web services, database managing, and resource sharing.

• Resource Sharing
  To use resources efficiently and economically, network provides a mean to share them. This may include Servers, Printers, and Storage Media etc.
• Databases
  This application service is one of the most important services. It stores data and information, processes it, and enables the users to retrieve it efficiently by using queries. Databases help organizations to make decisions based on statistics.
• Web Services
  World Wide Web has become the synonym for internet.It is used to connect to the internet, and access files and information services provided by the internet servers.

File Services

File services include sharing and transferring files over the network.

• File Sharing
  One of the reason which gave birth to networking was file sharing. File sharing enables its users to share their data with other users. User can upload the file to a specific server, which is accessible by all intended users. As an alternative, user can make its file shared on its own computer and provides access to intended users.
• File Transfer
  This is an activity to copy or move file from one computer to another computer or to multiple computers, with help of underlying network. Network enables its user to locate other users in the network and transfers files.

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