server

serv·er  (sûrvr)

n.

1.

a. One who serves food and drink.

b. Something, such as a tray, that is used in serving food and drink.

2. An altar server.

3. Law One who serves a writ or summons.

4. Sports The player who serves, as in court games.

5. Computer Science

a. A file server.

b. A computer that processes requests for HTML and other documents that are components of webpages.

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server [ˈsɜːvə]

n

1. a person who serves

2. (Christianity / Ecclesiastical Terms) Chiefly RC Church a person who acts as acolyte or assists the priest at Mass

3. something that is used in serving food and drink

4. (General Sporting Terms) the player who serves in racket games

5. (Electronics & Computer Science / Computer Science) Computing a computer or program that supplies data or resources to other machines on a network

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server  (sûrvr)

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.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	server - a person whose occupation is to serve at table (as in a restaurant) waiter carhop - a waiter at a drive-in restaurant counterman, counterperson, counterwoman - someone who attends a counter (as in a diner) dining-room attendant, restaurant attendant - someone employed to provide service in a dining room sommelier, wine steward, wine waiter - a waiter who manages wine service in a hotel or restaurant waitress - a woman waiter
	2.	server - (court games) the player who serves to start a point court game - an athletic game played on a court player, participant - a person who participates in or is skilled at some game
	3.	server - (computer science) a computer that provides client stations with access to files and printers as shared resources to a computer network host computer, computing device, computing machine, data processor, electronic computer, information processing system - a machine for performing calculations automatically computer network - (computer science) a network of computers computer science, computing - the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures
	4.	server - utensil used in serving food or drink utensil - an implement for practical use (especially in a household)

Translations

server [ˈsɜːvəʳ] N

1. (Rel) → monaguillo m

2. (Tennis) → jugador(a) m/f que tiene el saque or servicio

3. [of food] → camarero/a m/f, mesero/a m/f (LAm), mero/a m/f (Mex)

4. (Comput) → servidor m

5. (= cutlery) → cubierto m de servir; (= tray) → bandeja f, charola f (Mex)

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server [ˈsɜː^rvə^r]

n

(COMPUTING) → serveur m

(TENNIS) → serveur/euse m/f
a brilliant server and volleyer → un excellent serveur-volleyeur

(for food) salad servers → couverts mpl à salade

modif (COMPUTING) [application, architecture, software] → des serveurs server farm
server farm n (COMPUTING) → parc m de serveurs

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server

n

(= tray) → Servierbrett nt

(= spoon/fork) → Servierlöffel m, → Vorlegelöffel m → /-gabel f; (= pie server) → Tortenheber m; (= fish server) → Fischvorlegelöffel m; salad servers → Salatbesteck nt

(Tennis) → Aufschläger(in) m(f); he’s a strong server → er hat einen guten Aufschlag

(Eccl) → Ministrant(in), Messdiener(in) m(f)

(Comput) → Server m

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server [ˈsɜːvəʳ] n

a. (Rel) → chierichetto (Tennis) → chi ha il servizio, battitore/trice

b. (piece of cutlery) → posata di servizio; (tray) → vassoio, piatto da portata

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