An X server is a server of connections
to X
terminals in a distributed network that uses the X Window
System. From the terminal user's point-of-view, the X server may seem like a server of
applications in multiple windows. Actually, the applications in the remote computer with the X
server are making client
requests for the services of a windows manager that runs in each terminal. X servers (as part of
the X Window System) typically are installed in a UNIX-based
operating system in a mainframe,
minicomputer,
or workstation.
The X server may be compared to Microsoft's Terminal
Server product except that the latter is running on a Windows-based operating system. However,
there are X servers designed to run on a Microsoft Windows-based operating system.
This was last updated in September 2005
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