server
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle English servere, equivalent to serve + -er.
PronunciationEdit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈsɜːvə/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈsɝvɚ/
Audio (RP) (file) Audio (CA) (file) - Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)və(ɹ)
NounEdit
server (plural servers)
- (computing) A program that provides services to other programs or devices, either in the same computer or over a computer network.
- Antonym: client
- (computing) A computer dedicated to running such programs.
- 2013 June 14, Jonathan Freedland, “Obama's once hip brand is now tainted”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 1, page 18:
- 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.
- One who serves.
- A waitress or waiter.
- (tennis, volleyball) The player who serves the ball.
- (Christianity) A priest's attendant at the celebration of the Eucharist.
- Synonyms: altar server, acolyte
- A tray for dishes.
- Synonym: salver
- A spoon for serving food.
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Further readingEdit
- server on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- server (computing) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- altar server on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
AnagramsEdit
CatalanEdit
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NounEdit
server m (plural servers)
- serviceberry (tree)
Derived termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “server” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
LatinEdit
VerbEdit
server
Norwegian BokmålEdit
Etymology 1Edit
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NounEdit
server m (definite singular serveren, indefinite plural servere, definite plural serverne)
Etymology 2Edit
From English server. Akin to serve + -er.
Alternative formsEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
server m (definite singular serveren, indefinite plural servere, definite plural serverne)
Etymology 3Edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
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server
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Norwegian NynorskEdit
Etymology 1Edit
Alternative formsEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
server m (definite singular serveren, indefinite plural serverar, definite plural serverane)
Etymology 2Edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Alternative formsEdit
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
server
ReferencesEdit
- “server” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
AnagramsEdit
RomanianEdit
EtymologyEdit
Unadapted borrowing from English server.
NounEdit
server n (plural servere)
DeclensionEdit
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) server | serverul | (niște) servere | serverele |
genitive/dative | (unui) server | serverului | (unor) servere | serverelor |
vocative | serverule | serverelor |
Further readingEdit
server in DEX online - Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
SwedishEdit
NounEdit
server c
DeclensionEdit
Declension of server | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | server | servern | servrar | servrarna |
Genitive | servers | serverns | servrars | servrarnas |
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TurkishEdit
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NounEdit
server (definite accusative serveri, plural serverler)