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NCI: A computer which provides some service for other computers connected to it via a network. (Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing),NCI: A computer that controls a central repository of data, files and/or applications that can be accessed and/or manipulated in some manner by client computers. A file server hosts files for use by client machines. An application server runs programs that may process and display data exchanged with client machines. After the arrival of the Web, server often refers to software and computers that perform database queries and collect and present timely data to users running browsers or other client applications.