server

See also: Server

English

A Viennese beer server

A rack-mounted server computer

Etymology

From Middle English servere, equivalent to serve +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈsɜːvə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈsɝvɚ/
• Rhymes: -ɜː(r)və(r)

Noun

server (plural servers)

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

Usage notes

• (one who serves): Some prefer server to waiter or waitress because it is unisex.

Antonyms

• (program): client

Hyponyms

Hyponyms of server

• data structure server
• dedicated server
• fileserver
• microserver

• miniserver
• physical server
• shared server

• stand-alone server
• stand-alone Web server
• timeserver

• virtual private server
• virtual server
• Web server

Derived terms

Derived terms

• serverless
• server-only

• server-side

Translations

one who serves

• Armenian: սպասարկող (spasarkoł), սպասավոր (hy) (spasavor)
• Finnish: palvelija (fi), tarjoilija (fi)
• French: serviteur (fr) m, serviteuse f
• German: Diener (de) m, Dienerin (de) f
• Greek: σερβιτόρος (el) m (servitóros)
• Italian: servente (it) m, f
• Low German:

  German Low German: Dener m, Denerin f, Denersch f, Denersche f

• Persian: پیشخدمت‎ (fa) (pišxedmat)
• Polish: kelner (pl) m, kelnerka (pl) f
• Portuguese: servidor (pt) m
• Russian: служи́тель (ru) m (služítelʹ)
• Spanish: sirviente (es), servidor (es) m, servidriz f
• Swahili: soroveya (sw)
• Swedish: betjänt (sv) c, servitör (sv) c
• Turkish: hizmetçi (tr)

preferred unisex term for a waitress or waiter

• Finnish: tarjoilija (fi)
• French: serveur (fr) m, serveuse (fr) f
• German: (unisex) Bedienung (de) f, Kellner (de) m, Kellnerin (de) f
• Low German:

  German Low German: Kellner (nds) m, Kellnerin (nds) f, Kellnersch f, Kellnersche f

• Norman: sèrveux m (Jersey)
• Swahili: soroveya (sw)
• Swedish: personal (sv) c, serveringspersonal c
• Turkish: hizmetçi (tr)

a tray for dishes

• Armenian: սկուտեղ (hy) (skuteł)
• Finnish: tarjotin (fi)
• Greek: δίσκος (el) m (dískos)
• Japanese: サーバー (ja) (sābā)

• Russian: подно́с (ru) m (podnós)
• Swahili: soroveya (sw)
• Swedish: bricka (sv) c

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

• Arabic: خَادِم‎ m (ḵādim)
• Armenian: սպասարկիչ (spasarkičʿ)
• Azerbaijani: server
• Belarusian: се́рвер m (sjérvjer)
• Bengali: সার্ভার (sarbhar)
• Bulgarian: съ̀рвър m (sǎ̀rvǎr)
• Burmese: ဆာဗိုစနစ် (hcabuica.nac)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 服務器 (zh), 服务器 (zh) (fúwùqì), 伺服器 (zh)

• Czech: server (cs) m
• Danish: server c
• Dutch: server (nl) m
• Esperanto: servilo (eo)
• Estonian: server (et)
• Finnish: palvelin (fi), palvelinohjelma
• French: serveur (fr) m
• Georgian: სერვერი (serveri)
• German: Server (de) m
• Greek: εξυπηρετητής (el) m (exypiretitís)
• Hebrew: שָׁרָת‎ (he) m (sharat)
• Hindi: सर्वर m (sarvar)
• Hungarian: szerver (hu)
• Icelandic: miðlari (is) m
• Indonesian: peladen (id)
• Italian: server (it) m
• Japanese: サーバー (ja) (sābā)
• Kazakh: сервер (kk) (server)
• Khmer: please add this translation if you can
• Korean: 서버 (ko) (seobeo)

• Kyrgyz: сервер (server)
• Lao: please add this translation if you can
• Latvian: serveris m
• Lithuanian: serveris (lt) m
• Macedonian: сервер m (server), опслужувач m (opslužuvač)
• Malay: pelayan
• Mongolian: сервер (server)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: tjener (no) m

• Persian: سرور‎ (fa) (server)
• Polish: serwer (pl) m
• Portuguese: servidor (pt) m
• Romanian: server n
• Russian: се́рвер (ru) m (sérver)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: сервер m

  Roman: server (sh) m

• Slovak: server m
• Slovene: strežnik (sl) m
• Spanish: servidor (es) m
• Swedish: server (sv) c
• Tajik: сервер (server)
• Thai: เซิร์ฟเวอร์ (sə́əp-wə̂ə)
• Turkish: sunucu (tr)
• Turkmen: serwer
• Ukrainian: се́рвер m (sérver)
• Urdu: سرور‎ (ur) m (sarvar)
• Uzbek: server (uz)
• Vietnamese: trình chủ, máy chủ (vi)

computing: a computer dedicated to running server programs

• Arabic: خَادِم‎ m (ḵādim)
• Armenian: սպասարկիչ (spasarkičʿ), սերվեր (hy) (server)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 服務器 (zh), 服务器 (zh) (fúwùqì), 伺服器 (zh)

• Faroese: ambætari m
• Finnish: palvelin (fi), serveri (fi)
• German: Server (de) m
• Greek: εξυπηρετητής (el) m (exypiretitís)
• Japanese: サーバー (ja) (sābā)
• Korean: 서버 (ko) (seobeo)
• Malay: pelayan

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: tjenermaskin m

• Persian: سرور‎ (fa) (server)
• Polish: serwer (pl) m
• Portuguese: servidor (pt) m
• Romanian: server n
• Russian: се́рвер (ru) m (sérver)
• Spanish: servidor (es) m
• Thai: เซิร์ฟเวอร์ (sə́əp-wə̂ə)
• Turkish: sunucu (tr)
• Vietnamese: máy chủ (vi)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Arabic: ^{(please verify)} نَادِل‎ m (nādil), ^{(please verify)} خَادِم‎ m (ḵādim)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: ^{(please verify)} 服務器 (zh), ^{(please verify)} 服务器 (zh) (fúwùqì), 伺服器 (zh)

• Dutch: ^{(please verify)} server (nl)
• French: ^{(please verify)} serveur (fr) m
• German: ^{(please verify)} Server (de) m
• Hebrew: ^{(please verify)} שרת‎ (he) m (sharat)
• Icelandic: ^{(please verify)} miðlari (is) m, ^{(please verify)} netþjónn m
• Irish: ^{(please verify)} riarthóir m

• Italian: ^{(please verify)} server (it) m, ^{(please verify)} servente (it) m, ^{(please verify)} servitore (it) m
• Malay: ^{(please verify)} pelayan, ^{(please verify)} server
• Norman: ^{(please verify)} sèrveux m (Jersey)
• Norwegian: ^{(please verify)} tjener (no) m
• Polish: ^{(please verify)} serwer (pl) m
• Swahili: ^{(please verify)} soroveya (sw)
• Swedish: ^{(please verify)} server (sv) c
• Turkish: ^{(please verify)} sunucu (tr)

References

• Server on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• revers, verser

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Latin

Verb

server

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of servō

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Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

server

1. imperative of servere

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Swedish

Noun

server c

1. (computing) a server

Declension

Declension of server
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	server	servern	servrar	servrarna
Genitive	servers	serverns	servrars	servrarnas

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Turkish

Server

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /seɾˈveɾ/
• Hyphenation: ser‧ver

Noun

server (definite accusative serveri, plural serverler)

1. servant

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	server
Definite accusative	serveri
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	server	serverler
Definite accusative	serveri	serverleri
Dative	servere	serverlere
Locative	serverde	serverlerde
Ablative	serverden	serverlerden
Genitive	serverin	serverlerin
Possessive forms Singular Plural 1st singular serverim serverlerim 2nd singular serverin serverlerin 3rd singular serveri serverleri 1st plural serverimiz serverlerimiz 2nd plural serveriniz serverleriniz 3rd plural serverleri serverleri
Predicative forms Singular Plural 1st singular serverim serverlerim 2nd singular serversin serverlersin 3rd singular server serverdir serverler serverlerdir 1st plural serveriz serverleriz 2nd plural serversiniz serverlersiniz 3rd plural serverler serverlerdir