server
n. person or thing that serves; player who puts the ball into play (Sports); serving utensils (such as a spatula); waiter; computer which manages network resources and provides services to client computers (Computers) | ||||
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Servers Definition from Computer & Internet Dictionaries & Glossaries
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server
1. A program which provides some service to other (client) programs. The connection between client and server is normally by means of message passing, often over a network, and uses some protocol to encode the client's requests and the server's responses. The server may run continuously (as a daemon), waiting for requests to arrive or it may be invoked by some higher level daemon which controls a number of specific servers (inetd on Unix).
There are many servers associated with the Internet, such as those for HTTP, Network File System, Network Information Service (NIS), Domain Name System (DNS), FTP, news, finger, Network Time Protocol. On Unix, a long list can be found in /etc/services or in the NIS database "services". See client-server.
2. A computer which provides some service for other computers connected to it via a network. The most common example is a file server which has a local disk and services requests from remote clients to read and write files on that disk, often using Sun's Network File System (NFS) protocol or Novell Netware on PCs. Another common example is a web server.
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Servers Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
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server
Noun
1. a person whose occupation is to serve at table (as in a restaurant)
(synonym) waiter
(hypernym) dining-room attendant, restaurant attendant
(hyponym) carhop
(derivation) serve, help
2. (court games) the player who serves to start a point
(hypernym) player, participant
(derivation) serve
(classification) court game
3. (computer science) a computer that provides client stations with access to files and printers as shared resources to a computer network
(synonym) host
(hypernym) computer, computing machine, computing device, data processor, electronic computer, information processing system
(part-holonym) computer network
(classification) computer science, computing
4. utensil used in serving food or drink
(hypernym) utensil
(derivation) serve, help
Noun
1. a person whose occupation is to serve at table (as in a restaurant)
(synonym) waiter
(hypernym) dining-room attendant, restaurant attendant
(hyponym) carhop
(derivation) serve, help
2. (court games) the player who serves to start a point
(hypernym) player, participant
(derivation) serve
(classification) court game
3. (computer science) a computer that provides client stations with access to files and printers as shared resources to a computer network
(synonym) host
(hypernym) computer, computing machine, computing device, data processor, electronic computer, information processing system
(part-holonym) computer network
(classification) computer science, computing
4. utensil used in serving food or drink
(hypernym) utensil
(derivation) serve, help
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Servers Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
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Server
Server may refer to:
In computing:
In computing:
- Server (computing) a server application, operating system, computer, or appliance.
- Application server a server dedicated to running certain software applications
- Communications server, carrier-grade computing platform for communications networks
- Database server provides database services
- Proxy server Provides database IT server in services
- Fax server provides fax services for clients
- File server provides file services
- Game server a server that video game clients connect to in order to play online together
- Standalone server an emulator for client-server (web-based) programs
- Web server a server that HTTP clients connect to in order to send commands and receive responses along with data contents
- Client-server a software architecture that separates "server" functions from "client" functions
- The X Server part of the X Window System.
- Peer-to-peer a network of computers running as both clients and servers.
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