Shadowing Practice: What is a server? Types of Servers? Virtual server vs Physical server 🖥️🌐 - Learn English Speaking with Video
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What is a server?
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In computing, a server is a dedicated computer or device that provides functionality on behalf of other devices or clients.
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This architecture is called the client-server module.
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Servers can provide various functionalities, often called services, such as sharing resources or data among multiple clients,
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or even performing computation for a client.
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Now, a server could be dedicated to handle one of these
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services only where you would have one dedicated server for a website, one server for data storage, and a server for email.
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And this is a model what larger organizations use.
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Well, you can also set up a server to handle each of these services on the same machine, which is what typically happens in smaller organizations.
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And when we talk about servers, they're generally serving a lot of computers, so people at home Some don't need that because they only have one, two, three or four computers.
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Servers enable you to control and distribute information, as well as a way to protect the information.
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Servers can be distinguished into two main types of servers, a physical server and a virtual server.
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Physical servers are dedicated servers which use the traditional CPU and RAM for that one server.
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Virtual servers, however, use hypervisor to divide the physical server into two
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or more virtual servers which share the resources like CPU and RAM with two or more other servers.
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Most of the servers and enterprises in cloud are virtual servers.
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Businesses need servers to run 24-7 because they're vital to an organization.
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And if a server fails, then the business could suffer losses or jeopardize the business.
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Or an organization.
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So this is why servers need to be more reliable.
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They need to be built with the right resources like high computing CPUs and RAM.
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Servers and server components need to be redundant, meaning if one component or the server fails, it shouldn't impact the whole server.
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Server.
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Servers need to be set up in a redundant fashion, in case a server goes down, then another server should be available to serve the request from desktop clients.
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In AWS, you can set up the servers in multiple availability zones in order to avoid an outage, similarly in Azure and GCP.
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A server should also have a redundant hot-swappable hard drive in the RAID configuration, Because if a hard drive were to fail, then no data loss would happen,
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and the server would still be up and running because of RAID configuration.
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RAID makes it possible to copy the data onto multiple disks, and if a hard drive fails, then it can be removed and replaced without shutting down the whole server,
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and then RAID would rebuild the data onto the new hard drive automatically.
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The servers should also have redundant fiber channel adapters and power supplies.
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Since servers are used by multiple desktop clients, they need to have multiple processor environments.
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IBM CPU.
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IBM servers use Power CPU in their different servers, which has a high computing CPU power.
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AWS cloud servers.
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They have a high computing CPU power.
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An application server is a program that handles all application operations between users and an organization's backend, business applications, or data.
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This type of server is typically used for complex transactions-based applications cloud server.
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Rather than being proved by a single server or virtual server, cloud server hosting services are provided by multiple character servlets that comprise.
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Server Operating System Any server also needs to use a server operating system, such as Linux, Windows Server, Mac, OS Server, and so on.
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Server operating systems are robust and stable, and they're designed to run non-stop and are able to handle thousands of concurrent connections.
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Now there are many different types of servers.
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Types of servers.
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There are many types of servers depending on what server is hosting on it.
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For example, a web server.
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A database server.
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This type of server hosts data in the backend.
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A web server that hosts a website.
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The web server will run the web server software, like HTTP, NGINX.
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It contains all the website's data, including the HTML code and graphics.
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Another type of server is an email server.
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An email server is what facilitates the sending and receiving of email.
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DNS server is a server dedicated to resolving domain names.
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Woordenschat en spreektips bij deze les
Deze spreekles op niveau C1 is gebaseerd op de video “What is a server? Types of Servers? Virtual server vs Physical server 🖥️🌐”. Deze woorden komen het vaakst terug: server, cpu, type, client, multiple. Deze video bevat 54 zinnen en 734 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 5:05. De spreker praat in een gelijkmatig tempo van ongeveer 145 woorden per minuut, prettig om te shadowen. Slechts 71% van de woorden hoort bij de 3.000 meest gebruikte Engelse woorden, dus de woordenschat is pittig.
Belangrijke woorden in deze video
De 15 moeilijkste woorden uit de video, met uitspraak en betekenis:
| Woord | Uitspraak | Betekenis |
|---|---|---|
| dedicate werkwoord | /ˈdɛdɪˌkeɪt/ | inwijden, wijden |
| compute werkwoord | /kəmˈpjuːt/ | uitrekenen, berekenen |
| redundant bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /ɹɪˈdʌn.dənt/ | overbodig, overtollig |
| functionality zelfstandig naamwoord | functionaliteit | |
| desktop zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈdɛsktɒp/ | desktop |
| computation zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˌkɑmpjʊˈteɪʃn̩/ | berekening |
| concurrent bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /kəŋˈkʌɹənt/ | tegelijk, tegelijkertijd |
| jeopardize werkwoord | /ˈd͡ʒɛp.ə.dʌɪz/ | bedreigen, in gevaar brengen |
| outage zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈaʊ.tɪd͡ʒ/ | panne |
| adapter zelfstandig naamwoord | /əˈdæptəɹ/ | bewerker, bewerkster |
| comprise werkwoord | /kəmˈpɹaɪz/ | bevatten, omvatten |
| distribute werkwoord | /dɪˈstɹɪbjuːt/ | verdelen |
| processor zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈpɹɑˌsɛsɚ/ | verwerker |
| distinguish werkwoord | /dɪˈstɪŋ.ɡwɪʃ/ | onderscheiden |
| module zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈmɑd͡ʒul/ | module |
Phrasal verbs die je zult horen
| Woord | Uitspraak | Betekenis |
|---|---|---|
| set up werkwoord | /ˌsɛt ˈʌp/ | bereiden, voorbereiden |
| go down werkwoord | afdalen | |
| shut down werkwoord | afsluiten, uitzetten |
Grammatica in deze video
De structuren die de spreker het meest gebruikt, met de exacte woorden uit de video:
| Structuur | In de video |
|---|---|
| Lijdende vorm be + voltooid deelwoord — het gaat om wat er gebeurt, niet om wie het doet | is called · could be dedicated · can be distinguished |
| Betrekkelijke bijzinnen who / which + zin — extra informatie over een persoon of ding | machine, which is · servers, which has |
Uitspraak om op te letten
De spreker gebruikt 5 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals they're, don't, shouldn't. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.
- De klanken “sh” en “zh”: configuration /kənˌfɪɡ.əˈɹeɪ̯.ʃən/, computation /ˌkɑmpjʊˈteɪʃn̩/, distinguish /dɪˈstɪŋ.ɡwɪʃ/
- Lange woorden — let op de klemtoon: configuration /kənˌfɪɡ.əˈɹeɪ̯.ʃən/, facilitate /fəˈsɪlɪteɪt/
Klanken die Nederlandstaligen lastig vinden:
- Stemhebbende eindmedeklinker — /b/, /d/, /g/, /z/, /v/ niet verscherpen: jeopardize /ˈd͡ʒɛp.ə.dʌɪz/, outage /ˈaʊ.tɪd͡ʒ/, comprise /kəmˈpɹaɪz/, rebuild /ɹiːˈbɪld/, subscribe /səbˈskɹaɪb/
- /g/ — een harde plofklank, geen Nederlandse “g”: configuration /kənˌfɪɡ.əˈɹeɪ̯.ʃən/, distinguish /dɪˈstɪŋ.ɡwɪʃ/
Zo oefen je met deze video
- Luister de hele video één keer zonder te spreken en noteer de woorden die je niet kent.
- Spreek zin voor zin na op normale snelheid en herhaal elke zin tot je ritme gelijk is aan dat van de spreker.
- Neem jezelf op en vergelijk met het origineel; let daarbij op woorden als dedicate, compute, redundant.
Wat is de Shadowing-techniek?
Shadowing is een wetenschappelijk onderbouwde taalleermethode die oorspronkelijk is ontwikkeld voor professionele tolkentraining en gepopulariseerd door polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. De methode is eenvoudig maar krachtig: je luistert naar native Engelse audio en herhaalt het onmiddellijk hardop — als een schaduw die de spreker volgt met slechts 1–2 seconden vertraging. In tegenstelling tot passief luisteren of grammaticadrills, dwingt shadowing je hersenen en mondspieren om echte spraakpatronen tegelijkertijd te verwerken en te reproduceren. Onderzoek toont aan dat het de uitspraaknauwkeurigheid, intonatie, ritme, verbonden spraak, luisterbegrip en spreekvaardigheid aanzienlijk verbetert — waardoor het een van de meest effectieve methoden is voor IELTS Speaking-voorbereiding en echte Engelse communicatie.