What does the remote desktop do?

I just had my hard drive replaced and am in the process of doing software updates, can anyone tell me what this does?
Apple Remote Desktop Client version 1.2.4

I've never used it but this might help.
http://www.apple.com/remotedesktop/
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Mac/10.4/en/mh1091.html
http://www.apple.com/support/remotedesktop/

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