servers

Noun

server (plural servers)

1. A program that provides services to other programs or devices, either in the same computer or over a computer network.

   Antonyms:

   client

2. A computer dedicated to running such programs.
   • 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...2013 June 14, Jonathan Freedland, “Obama's once hip brand is now tainted”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 1, page 18
3. (social media) A community space where only those who joined it can communicate in channels.
   • 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.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
4. A waitress or waiter.
5. The player who serves the ball.
6. A priest's attendant at the celebration of the Eucharist.

   Synonyms:

   altar server, acolyte

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