(sûr'vər) pronunciation
n.
    1. One who serves food and drink.
    2. Something, such as a tray, that is used in serving food and drink.
  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.

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Network computer, computer program, or device that processes requests from a client ( client-server architecture). On the World Wide Web, for example, a Web server is a computer that uses the HTTP protocol to send Web pages to a client's computer when the client requests them. On a local area network, a print server manages one or more printers, and prints files sent to it by client computers. Network servers (which manage network traffic) and file servers (which store and retrieve files for clients) are two more examples of servers.

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A computer that provides information to client machines. For example, there are web servers that send out web pages, mail servers that deliver e - mail , list servers that administer mailing lists, FTP servers that hold FTP sites and deliver files to users who request them, and name servers that provide information about Internet host names.
The central computer on a LOCAL AREA NETWORK (LAN) is also a server.

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A kind of daemon that performs a service for the requester and which often runs on a computer other than the one on which the requestor/client runs. A particularly common term on the Internet, which is rife with web servers, name servers, domain servers, ‘news servers’, finger servers, and the like.


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Computing

  • Server (computing), an application, operating system, computer, or appliance
    • Apache HTTP Server
    • HTTP**(computing) an application, mthll system, computer, or appliance ** Apache HTTP Server Operating system

Role

  • Waiting staff, those who work at a restaurant or a bar attending customers and supplying them with food and drink as requested
  • A sport player who makes a serve, for example a tennis serve

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - server, serverprogram

Nederlands (Dutch)
ober, presenteerblad, misdienaar

Français (French)
n. - (Sport) serveur, (Comput) serveur, (Culin) couvert de service, (Relig) servant

Deutsch (German)
n. - Tablett, (Comp.) Dienstprogramm, Servierer, Ministrant, Aufschläger

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - σερβιτόρος, (τένις) αυτός που σερβίρει, (Η/Υ) εξυπηρετητής, διακομιστής, (πληθ.) κουτάλες για σερβίρισμα σαλάτας

Italiano (Italian)
vassoio, cameriere, chierico

Português (Portuguese)
n. - batedor spor. (m), criado (m), carro para servir (m)

Русский (Russian)
слуга, поднос, лопаточка и вилка, игрок, подающий мяч, причетник, обслуживающее устройство

Español (Spanish)
n. - monaguillo, acólito, (comp) servidor, servidor, espátula

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - person som servar, serveringsbricka, server (data)

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
服伺者, 伺候者, 服勤者

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 服伺者, 伺候者, 服勤者

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 봉사자, (요리를 놓는) 쟁반, (컴퓨터) 서버 (분산 처리 시스템에서 요구에 따라 서비스를 공급하는 기기)

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 給仕する人, 侍者, 皿, 食べ物をよそう道具, サーブする人

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) ألنادل " من يخدم على ألمائدة " , صينيه ألشاي, مساعد الكاهن المحتفل بقداس,‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מגיש, משרת, מגיש (בטניס), פותח, עוזר הכומר, כלי-הגשה, מגש, תוכנת-מחשב המנהלת גישה של גורמים שונים למשאב או לתוכנית-שירות מרכזית ברשת, שרת (מחשב)‬


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