What is a CAL?

I have an old Pentium III PC and I'm thinking about turning it into a server for all the PC's on the local network. I was looking at licenses of Windows Server 2000/2003 on eBay and I have no idea what it means when it says "10 CAL's". Could someone explain what that means?

winnt windows server 2003 2000 cal

asked May 22 '11 at 00:04

NickMiller
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1	http://www.microsoft.com/licensing/about-licensing/client-access-license.aspx a cal is a machine which is booted/used from a server for a corporation so a 10 cal licence means you can have 10 users boot from the server on different devices answered May 22 '11 at 00:25 pjob797 2.6k●38●49●82

0	I think that "CALs" mean number of clients supported. So then "10 CALs" should support 10 clients. answered May 22 '11 at 00:25 TheTechDude 16.8k●40●94●298

0	That is correct Cal mean for clients. Its when you need more people on the same machine or it is up to that many licenses on that machine. answered May 22 '11 at 12:38 Compucore 2.4k●11●19●25

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