server

English

A Viennese beer server

A rack-mounted server computer

Wikipedia

Etymology

serve +‎ -er

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɜː(r)və(r)

Noun

server (plural servers)

1. One who serves; a waitress or waiter.
2. A tray for dishes; a salver.
3. (computing) A computer or a program which provides services to other programs or users, either in the same computer or over a computer network.

Usage notes

• Some prefer server to waiter or waitress because it is unisex.

Derived terms

• fileserver
• microserver
• miniserver
• serverless
• timeserver

Antonyms

• client

Translations

one who serves

Finnish: palvelija (fi) French: serviteur (fr) m., German: Diener m. / Dienerin f. Italian: servente (it) m. and f.

Russian: служитель (ru) m. Swahili: soroveya (sw) Swedish: betjänt (sv) c., servitör (sv) c.

preferred unisex term for a waitress or waiter

Finnish: tarjoilija (fi) French: serveur m. / serveuse f. German: Bedienung (unisex), Kellner m., Kellnerin f.

Swahili: soroveya (sw) Swedish: personal (sv) c., serveringspersonal (sv) c.

a tray for dishes

Finnish: tarjotin (fi) Greek: δίσκος (el) (dískos) m.

Swahili: soroveya (sw) Swedish: bricka (sv) c.

computing: a computer or a program which provides services to other programs or users

Arabic: نادل (ar) (naadil) m., خادم (ar) (khaadim) m. Armenian: սերվեր (hy) (server) Chinese: Mandarin: 服務器 (cmn), 服务器 (cmn) (fúwùqì) Dutch: server (nl) Finnish: palvelin (fi), serveri (fi) French: serveur (fr) m. German: Server (de) m. Greek: διακομιστής (el) (diakomistís) m., εξυπηρετητής (el) (exypiretitís) m. Hebrew: שרת (he) (sharat) m.

Italian: server (it) m., servente (it) m., servitore (it) m. Japanese: サーバー (ja) (sābā) Norwegian: tjener (no) m. Polish: serwer (pl) m. Russian: сервер (ru) (sérver) m. Spanish: servidor (es) m. Swahili: soroveya (sw) Swedish: server (sv) c. Turkish: sunucu (tr)

Anagrams

• revers
• verser

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Latin

Verb

server

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of servō

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Swedish

Noun

server c.

1. (computing) a server

Declension

Declension of server

	singular		plural
Common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	server	servern	servrar	servrarna
genitive	servers	serverns	servrars	servrarnas