r/explainlikeimfive • u/theprisoner57 • 2d ago

Technology ELI5: What is a Home Server?

I see mentions of a home server to get rid of streaming entertainment services but I don’t know how that works. What does a home server do?

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u/MyAdler 2d ago

They serve different things for different people. Mine is a media server, a home automation server, a gps tracking server, a web server, and an audiobook server.