file server


nounComputers.
  1. a computer that makes files available to workstations on a network.

Origin of file server

1
First recorded in 1975–80

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British Dictionary definitions for file server

file server

noun
  1. computing the central unit of a local area network that controls its operation and provides access to separately stored data files

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