Information Technology Reference
In-Depth Information
That. should. be. enough. to. give. you. a. good. idea. of. ile.
servers. and. their. functions.. We. included. the. “print”. server.
label.as.well.in.this.section.heading,.but.do.not.let.that.con-
fuse.you..Basically,.some.servers.are.speciically.set.up.(or.
a. portion. of. their. services. can. be. set. up). to. accept. print.
requests.and.to.process.them,.send.them.to.network.print-
ers,.and.administer.the.printers.on.the.network..Those.can.
be.a.wealth.of.information,.depending.on.the.level.of.logging.
and.archiving.that.is.set.up.on.them,.so.you.do.not.want.to.
ignore.these.print.servers.when.you.are.considering.where.
relevant.data.might.exist.
3.6 INSTANT MESSAGING SERVICES
There.are.many.different.vendors.that.offer.instant.messag-
ing.systems.online..Among.the.best.known.are.AOL.(AIM),.
Microsoft.(MS.Messaging),.Yahoo,.Google,.ICQ,.and.Skype..
Many.of.the.social.media.sites,.such.as.Facebook,.also.offer.
instant.messaging.or.what.they.refer.to.as.“chat”.session.fea-
tures.(Figure 3.6)..There.are.many.less.well-known.versions.
as.well.
Figure 3.6 Instant.message.chat.sessions.can.be.a.large.store.of.elec-
tronically.stored.information.
