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What are X servers and X clients?

tinyX Window System Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) List
This is the most important, and probably the first, concept a newcomer to the X Window System should learn. X achieves its success by separating the details of display and input hardware from the programs that use them. When a program that uses the X Window System needs to, for instance, draw on the screen, or know what keys on the keyboard have just been pressed, it does not communicate directly with the hardware.

How do I setup email clients to work with the CS servers?

DCF FAQ
The CS email servers support both POP and IMAP. All CS email servers require the SSL protocol for incoming email (usaully found in the advanced tab). Users should use their incoming email server as their outgoing SMTP server for machines located here in the department. For machines located outside the department (yes, your home is outside the department) users MUST use their ISP's SMTP server. If you are using Bruin Online your SMTP setting is 'mail.ucla.edu' - authentication is required.

What are hosts, servers, and clients?

Cedis - Training Resources: FAQS
In Net-speak, any computer that is open to external online access is known as a server or a host The software that you use to perform online operations such as transfer files, read mail, surf the Web, or post articles to Usenet, is called a client. A Web client is more commonly called a Web browser - a field dominated by Netscape and Microsoft (Internet Explorer). A Web server is a machine where web pages are stored and made available for outside access.

Are there any commercial high-performance X servers?

Frequently Asked Questions for FreeBSD 2.X, 3.X and 4.X
Yes, Xi Graphics and Metro Link sell Accelerated-X product for FreeBSD and other Intel based systems. The Metro Link offering is a high performance X Server that offers easy configuration using the FreeBSD Package suite of tools, support for multiple concurrent video boards and is distributed in binary form only, in a convenient FTP download. Not to mention the Metro Link offering is available at the very reasonable price of $39.

What are called Fat clients and Fat servers?

faqs on computer networks - SURESHKUMAR.NET FORUMS
Answer :If the bulk of the application runs on the Client side, then it is Fat clients. It is used for decision support and personal software. If the bulk of the application runs on the Server side, then it is Fat servers. It tries to minimize network interchanges by creating more abstract levels of services.

Which X-servers for Windows are recommended?

OpenDX - FAQ
Out of all the X-servers on the market, Hummingbird's Exceed + Exceed 3D and Starnet's X-Win32 perform the best and offer OpenGL hardware rendering. The cheapast would have to be XFree86 based on cygwin.

who are our clients?

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How can I have more than 128 X windows clients?

Solaris 2 FAQ
By default, the X server has a limit of just 128. In order to increase this limit, you need to run at least Solaris 8 or an earlier release with the Xserver patch applies that fixes bug: Then change the Xservers configuration file and add the "-clients 1024" option to the X commandline. In order to still run unprivileged programs such as Xvnc/Xnest/Xvfb, you need to start those programs with the "-pn" option.

Can Clients & Profits X be customized?

Clients & Profits X 10.1 :: Upgrade FAQs
With Clients & Profits X, you can create custom reports using the built-in Report Writer. If you're technically adept or have database programming experience, you can develop custom plug-in applications for updating, selecting, and printing special reports. Plug-in applications can be very sophisticated, giving you the power to truly tailor Clients & Profits X to your reporting needs. However, you can't modify the Clients & Profits X application itself.

How can my TAO clients and servers communicate when the network goes down?

Support - Frequently Asked Questions - The ACE ORB
Assuming that the clients and servers are local to one machine, it is possible by using "localhost".

Some of the servers and clients are called 'RSA'; what does that mean?

FAQ
RSA is a way for servers to make sure that players are not using cyborg clients. The RSA package generates a header file containing a public and a private encryption key. These keys are compiled into the client; the private key encrypts the data and the public key decrypts it. The main advantage of RSA over the old reserved.c method is that the server gods need know only the public key; the RSA package can be kept in a few select hands.

Q:How can I run MI/X in rootless mode so that my X clients look like Windows?

The MI/X 4.2 FAQ
You've got the default window manager turned off. Go to the "Other" tab on the preferences dialog and turn it back on.

Why are there red X's next to several of the servers in the server lists?

GameSpy Arcade - Play Hundreds of Online Multiplayer Games!
The red X's indicate a server that is listed on the GameSpy master server, but is unresponsive to a ping request from Arcade. As such, the server may no longer be joinable. Because this might simply be a momentary hiccup with the server query, however, we opted to list the server rather than not list it, just in case you happen to know that the server is up and running fine. Right-clicking on a red X server and clicking "refresh" may successfully ping the server and resort it into the list.

How do I use 'Xephyr' and 'Xnest', the nested X servers?

XStrikeForce/FAQ - Debian Wiki
All of the following applies to both Xephyr and Xnest. Xephyr is recommended, as it is currently maintained at X.org while Xnest has fallen in to disrepair. Furthermore, Xephyr supports newer X extensions that Xnest does not support. However, for those who choose to use Xnest, in all of the following Xnest may be substitutded for Xephyr. Some people find that they can start Xephyr (e.g., with Xephyr :1), but cannot start any clients inside it (e.g.
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