What does the workstation do? What's the difference between it and the server?

According to the different software and hardware platforms, workstations are generally divided into UNIX system workstations based on RISC (Reduced Instruction System) architecture and PC workstations based on Windows and Intel. UNIX workstation is a high-performance professional workstation, which has Powerful processors (RISC chips were mostly used in the past), optimized memory, I/O (input/output) and graphics subsystems, and proprietary hardware systems such as processors (Alpha, MIPS, power, etc.). ), memory and graphics, special UNIX operating system and application software of specific hardware platform are incompatible with each other. PC workstation is based on high-performance X86 processor, uses stable operating systems such as Windows NT, Windows2000 and WINDOWS XP, adopts a graphics system conforming to professional graphics standard (OpenGL), and adds subsystems such as high-performance storage, I/O (input/output) and network to meet the requirements of professional software operation. Workstations based on NT, WIN2000 and XP adopt a standard and open system platform, which can minimize the cost of ownership. In addition, according to the size and portability, workstations can also be divided into desktop workstations and mobile workstations. A desktop workstation is similar to an ordinary desktop computer. They are bulky and not portable, but they have strong performance and are suitable for professional users. The mobile workstation is actually a high-performance notebook computer. But its hardware configuration and overall performance are higher than ordinary notebook computers. The server provides various services to the workstation, including network communication services, file services, hardware services and various resource services. Workstation can help the server to divert tasks such as computing while obtaining various resources of the server. As a server providing services, the X operating system used is unix:openserver, unixware, aixunix, hpunix, etc. Linix:redhat, xterm, etc. Windows:nt server, 2000 server, etc. Generally, a database should be installed on the server, and then some application software should be installed on the workstation to copy the data of the server X. Generally, there are two modes: CS (client-server) and BS (browser-server). Like we surf the Internet, it belongs to BS, and some places use CS structure. Both structures have their own advantages. The pc, when it is a stand-alone computer, is just a PC, but when it is used to X-work on other machines, it becomes a workstation. For example, if you upload by ftp, your PC is a workstation, and the machine you upload is a server. Complete an X operation from the workstation to the server.