Additionally, is websites just another word for servers?

  • 001100 010010@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    1 year ago

    They are called instances. One instance can have multiple servers as backup.

    Example: An instance can have a server in New York State and California, if the New York server caught fire, they can redirect you to the California backup server.

    • 0x4E4F@laguna.chat
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      1 year ago

      Which, let’s be honest, is not the case with most instances… not trolling, just saying 🤷.

      • Poplar?@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        1 year ago

        Youre right. “Servers” are just computers that do all the work behind a website.

        But when it comes to lemmy people sometimes use “server” and “instance” to refer to the same thing: what lemmy.ml, lemmy.world, and others are.