Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
commodity-based server
English answer:
These servers host plain-vanilla, static pages, requiring minimal traffic.
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commodity-based
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Computers: Systems, Networks
server - infrastructure simplification
We will start with web servers
Here, the web servers are considered to be static page servers.
There is no application launching.
As such, this is a commodity based focus.
what are these commodities in the context?
We will start with web servers
Here, the web servers are considered to be static page servers.
There is no application launching.
As such, this is a commodity based focus.
what are these commodities in the context?
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Craft.Content
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| 5 +1 | commodity just means interchangeable... |
Marian Greenfield
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Well, web servers are no longer static, now, afaik.
On a static-page server, pages upon pages are displayed to the user, like a paper-magazine. As a magazine's pages cannot change dynamically (through user-input/interaction), so do the static-pages. The party that has hosted these pages is interested only in displaying her commodities and describing their features, as on the page of a magazine. There is no interaction expected with the user.
Perhaps the writer wanted to convey this point.
Hth,
Sanjay.
On a static-page server, pages upon pages are displayed to the user, like a paper-magazine. As a magazine's pages cannot change dynamically (through user-input/interaction), so do the static-pages. The party that has hosted these pages is interested only in displaying her commodities and describing their features, as on the page of a magazine. There is no interaction expected with the user.
Perhaps the writer wanted to convey this point.
Hth,
Sanjay.
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Comment: "thanks also to Marian"
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Marian Greenfield
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Native in: English
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commodity just means interchangeable...
when products are considered a commodity, one is considered just as good as another, so they have to compete on price more than on features.
Which is why there is so much talk about translation NOT being a commodity....
Which is why there is so much talk about translation NOT being a commodity....
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