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A computer with a huge hard drive that is used in offices to store large quantities of files that can be accessed by several computers joined in a network. Its also used by ISP companies to look after subscribers web sites.

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A method of transferring files and data over a network. You use an FTP program to upload web pages created on your computer to a server so they can be accessed on your web site.
A company that looks after web site data, and offers data connections to the rest of the Internet, usually from its own secure server computer.