Server Operating System - As discussed earlier in this chapter, a server operating system in a operating system that is designed specifically to support a network. A operating system typically resides on a server. The client computers on the network rely on the server for resource.

Many of the stand-alone operating system discussed in the previous section function as client anda work in conjuction with a server operating system. Some of these stand-alone operating sytems do includes networking capability : however, server operating systems are designed specifically to support all size of network, including medium to large sized businesses and web servers. Example of server operating system include windows server 2008, Unix, Linux, Solaris and Net ware.