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servers - 4 dictionary results

serv⋅er

[sur-ver]
–noun
1. a person who serves.
2. something that serves or is used in serving, as a salver.
3. a broad fork, spoon, or spatula for dishing out and serving individual portions of food, as vegetables, cake, or pie.
4. Ecclesiastical. an attendant on the priest at Mass, who arranges the altar, makes the responses, etc.
5. (in tennis, badminton, handball, etc.) the player who puts the ball or shuttlecock in play.
6. a computer that makes services, as access to data files, programs, and peripheral devices, available to workstations on a network. Compare client (def. 5), file server.

Origin:
1350–1400; ME; see serve, -er 1
serv·er   (sûr'vər)   
n.  
    1. One who serves food and drink.
    2. Something, such as a tray, that is used in serving food and drink.
    3. A file server.
    4. A computer that processes requests for HTML and other documents that are components of webpages.
  1. An altar server.
  2. Law One who serves a writ or summons.
  3. Sports The player who serves, as in court games.
  4. Computer Science
    1. A file server.
    2. A computer that processes requests for HTML and other documents that are components of webpages.
server   (sûr'vər)  Pronunciation Key 
A computer that manages centralized data storage or network communications resources. A server provides and organizes access to these resources for other computers linked to it.

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