What is a server — CCA-F Exam Prep

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REAL STORY Split screen. Left side: a vending machine glowing in a dark hallway at 3am, perfectly stocked. Right side: a store clerk at a counter, smiling, surrounded by shelves. Both are ready to serve. The vending machine doesn't blink.

Split screen. Left side: a vending machine glowing in a dark hallway at 3am, perfectly stocked. Right side: a store clerk at a counter, smiling, surrounded by shelves. Both are ready to serve. The vending machine doesn't blink.

In 2017, a single Reddit post crashed an entire website in under 3 minutes.

A small indie game studio launched their website on one server. It handled 100 visitors an hour just fine. Then someone posted the link to Reddit. 50,000 people clicked it in 10 minutes.

The server tried to answer every single person. It couldn't. It choked, froze, and died. The studio's biggest moment of exposure, and nobody could see their site.