server
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɜːvə/
ipa: /ˈsɝvɚ/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)və(ɹ)
Forms: form: servers
Etymology: From Middle English servere, equivalent to serve + -er.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
antonyms: client
glosses: A program that provides services to other programs or devices, either in the same computer or over a computer network.
examples: text: Now we are liberal with our innermost secrets, spraying them into the public ether with a generosity our forebears could not have imagined. Where we once sent love letters in a sealed envelope, or stuck photographs of our children in a family album, now such private material is despatched to servers and clouds operated by people we don't know and will never meet.
ref: 2013 June 14, Jonathan Freedland, “Obama's once hip brand is now tainted”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 1, page 18:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A computer dedicated to running such programs.
examples: text: Please take a look at my log its completely going haywire… My server is changing the admin name and doesn’t store any created channels.
ref: 2020 August 11, EasyCompZeeland, “My server is changing the admin name and doesn’t store any created channels… out of the blue”, in Official TeamSpeak Community Forum, TeamSpeak Server:
text: Discord gives you the power to create an invite-only home for your friends or community - a place where you can talk, hang out, and have fun. We call these special places - servers [...]
ref: 2020, “Beginner's Guide to Discord”, in Discord Help Center:
text: Basically like how there is an emoji button for statuses and bios but make them for certain settings such as channel names or descriptions. This little QOL(quality of life) change would add a slightly faster way of navigating through channels and add a nicer more organized appearance to some servers.
ref: 2024 June 30, Narunzo, “I can't find a decent place where I can post a suggestion and it would be seen by staff in Guilded so I'm posting my suggestion here”, in Reddit, r/guilded:
qualifier: social media
glosses: A community space where only those who joined it can communicate in channels.
glosses: One who serves.
A waitress or waiter.
topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
tennis
volleyball
glosses: One who serves.
The player who serves the ball.
topics: Christianity
glosses: One who serves.
A priest's attendant at the celebration of the Eucharist.
synonyms: altar server
acolyte
synonyms: salver
glosses: A tray for dishes.
glosses: A spoon for serving food.
Hyponyms: data structure server
dedicated server
deskside server
fileserver
microserver
miniserver
pedestal server
physical server
server computer
shared server
stand-alone server
stand-alone Web server
timeserver
time-server
virtual private server
virtual server
Web server
wine server
Derived terms: blade server
cake server
client-server
distribution server
DNS server
domain name server
eye-server
file server
jump server
key server
language server
lip-server
mirror server journal
name server
open proxy server
pie server
preprint server
print server
process server
proxy server
server farm
serverless
server-only
server push
server-side
server-side rendering
server-side storage
streaming server
web server