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asked, would say, “surf the Internet,” or “watch YouTube videos,” or maybe

“print to the printer downstairs.” These are all good reasons to use a network,

but what ties them together? In each of these situations, you use your

computer (the local host) to access “stuff” stored on a remote host (not your

local computer). A host is any computing device connected to a network. So

what do remote computers have that you might want (see Figure 18-1)?

Figure 18-1 Accessing remote computers

NOTE Terminology shifts as soon as computing devices network together.

Because a computing device can take many forms, not just a PC or

workstation, we need a term to define networked devices. A host is any

computing device connected to a network. A local host, therefore, refers to

what’s in front of you, like your macOS workstation. A remote host refers to

some other computing device on the network or reachable beyond the

network (more on those later).

Each networked host fulfills a certain role. A remote computer called a

Web server stores the files that make up a Web site. The Web server uses

server programs to store and share the data. So the role of the Web server is

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