server

[ sur-ver ]

/ ˈsɜr vər /

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noun

a person who serves.

a person who waits on tables; a waiter or waitress.

something that serves or is used in serving, as a salver.

a broad fork, spoon, or spatula for dishing out and serving individual portions of food, as vegetables, cake, or pie.

Also called al·tar serv·er

[awl-ter sur-ver] /ˈɔl tər ˌsɜr vər/ .Ecclesiastical. an attendant on the priest at Mass, who arranges the altar, makes the responses, etc.

(in tennis, badminton, handball, etc.) the player who puts the ball or shuttlecock in play.

Computers. 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.

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Origin of server

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English; serve + -er¹

Words nearby server

servant, servant church, serve, serve a purpose, serve one right, server, servery, serve time, Servetus, serve up, Servia

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How to use server in a sentence

Domain name servers, or DNS, is an important part of how the internet works.
Online workspace startup Notion hit by outage, citing DNS issues|Zack Whittaker|February 12, 2021|TechCrunch
The messages have since been removed through a server update.
Google flags its iOS apps as “out of date” after two months of neglect|Ron Amadeo|February 11, 2021|Ars Technica
Rather than sending data directly to the server being targeted, machines participating in an attack first send the data to a third party in the form of a request for a certain service.
DDoSers are abusing the Plex Media Server to make attacks more potent|Dan Goodin|February 5, 2021|Ars Technica
This one will require ad buyers to log into a separate site that lives on separate servers to protect Walmart’s data.
Walmart’s DSP will help it compete for advertisers, but won’t rob ad dollars from Amazon|Kate Kaye|February 4, 2021|Digiday

To make the e-commerce business run, Amazon had to create an array of computer data centers, stacked with rows upon rows of servers, to make sure the online marketplace could handle the growing business.
Jeff Bezos stepping down as Amazon CEO, transitioning to executive chair role|Jay Greene, Tony Romm|February 4, 2021|Washington Post
From the link, the file appears to be hosted on a mail server associated with SEA.
The Kardashian Look-Alike Trolling for Assad|Noah Shachtman, Michael Kennedy|October 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Unfortunately, the site was storing all the “private” Snapchats on a web server, along with the usernames of senders.
‘The Snappening’ Is Real: 90,000 Private Photos and 9,000 Hacked Snapchat Videos Leak Online|Marlow Stern|October 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
They found that all the information captured by the spyware was sent to a remote server in Korea.
A Double Agent App Targets Hong Kong’s Protesters|Jacob Siegel|October 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“Many chains have nutrition info on their menu, Web site or available from your server if you ask,” says Dubost.
The Truth About Salt: Should You Shake the Habit?|DailyBurn|May 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Then the server would respond by echoing, “Got it, the secret word is 'Mendax'.”
How to Mitigate the Damage of the Heartbleed Security Hole|Joshua Kopstein|April 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The result was that he lost the esteem of both parties, and came to be regarded as a mere trimmer and time-server.
Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 3 of 8|Various
To say that, as a great moral reformer, he had no enemies, would be to say that he was a toady and a time-server.
History of Prince Edward Island|Duncan Campbell
In case of a let, the service or stroke counts for nothing, and the server shall serve again.
The Sportswoman's Library, v. 2|Various
They wouldn't get anything out of my mail -- it got cleared off the server and stored on my laptop at home.
Little Brother|Cory Doctorow
I downloaded it all and kept it on my laptop at home, which downloaded and deleted my mail from the server every sixty seconds.
Little Brother|Cory Doctorow

British Dictionary definitions for server

server

/ (ˈsɜːvə) /

noun

a person who serves

mainly RC Church a person who acts as acolyte or assists the priest at Mass

something that is used in serving food and drink

the player who serves in racket games

computing a computer or program that supplies data or resources to other machines on a network

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Scientific definitions for server

server

[ sûr′vər ]

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.

Cultural definitions for server

server

Computer or software that performs administration or coordination functions within a network.

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