web server
nounComputers.
a remote computer or a computer program that delivers web pages to a user's computer, or a client, upon request from a web browser.
Origin of web server
1First recorded in 1990–95
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How to use web server in a sentence
Unfortunately, the site was storing all the “private” Snapchats on a web server, along with the usernames of senders.
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