Using the Internet as a Communication
Channel
Retrieving data from web pages and publishing results as web pages is in many ways a passive use of
the Internet; the web server is being used primarily as a storage medium. Web servers are also able to
host applications, with which you can interact in a more dynamic manner. The server application acts as
a single point of contact for all the client workbooks, to perform the following functions:
❑ A centralized data store
❑ Collation of data from multiple clients
❑ Presentation of that data back to other clients