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server

See also: Server

English

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A Viennese beer server (4.1)
 
A rack-mounted server (2) computer

Etymology

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

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Noun

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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.
    Antonym: client
  2. (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.
  4. (social media) A community space where only those who joined it can communicate in 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[1], TeamSpeak Server:
      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, “Beginner's Guide to Discord”, in Discord Help Center‎[2]:
      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 [...]
    • 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[3], r/guilded:
      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.
  5. One who serves.
    1. A waitress or waiter.
    2. (tennis, volleyball) The player who serves the ball.
    3. (Christianity) A priest's attendant at the celebration of the Eucharist.
      Synonyms: altar server, acolyte
  6. A tray for dishes.
    Synonym: salver
  7. A spoon for serving food.

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Catalan

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Etymology

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From serva +‎ -er.

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server m (plural servers)

  1. serviceberry, Sorbus domestica (tree)

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Chinese

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Etymology

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From English server.

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server

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, computing) server (Classifier: 個／个 c; 部 c)

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  • (clipping) ser (soe1)

Dutch

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Etymology

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From English server.

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  • IPA(key): /ˈsʏrvər/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: ser‧ver

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server m (plural servers, diminutive servertje n)

  1. (computing) server (a computer or software that provides services to other programs or users)

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Further reading

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  • “server” in Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling, Nederlandse Taalunie. [the official spelling word list for the Dutch language]
  •   server on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia nl

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Italian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English server.

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server m (invariable)

  1. (computing) server (a computer or software that provides services to other programs or users)

References

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  1. ^ server in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Latin

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Verb

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server

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of servō

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology 1

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From English server.

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server m (definite singular serveren, indefinite plural servere, definite plural serverne)

  1. (computing) a server

Etymology 2

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From English server. Akin to serve +‎ -er.

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server m (definite singular serveren, indefinite plural servere, definite plural serverne)

  1. (tennis) the player who serves the ball

Etymology 3

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Alternative forms

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  • server

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Verb

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server

  1. imperative of servere

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology 1

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From English server.

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server m (definite singular serveren, indefinite plural serverar, definite plural serverane)

  1. (computing) a server
  2. (tennis) the player who serves the ball

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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  • servér

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server

  1. imperative of servera

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Portuguese

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from English server.

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server m (plural servers)

  1. (computing, social media) a server
    Synonym: servidor
    • 2013, Felipe Castilho, Ouro, Fogo e Megabytes, Gutenberg, →ISBN, page 80:
      O server da Hawkwind reconheceria os códigos desonestos e daria um belo de um kick no traseiro gordo do Esmagossauro, ou de qualquer player que ousasse ser desonesto na rede.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Romanian

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from English server.

Noun

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server n (plural servere)

  1. (computing) server

Declension

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singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative server serverul servere serverele
genitive-dative server serverului servere serverelor
vocative serverule serverelor

Further reading

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server in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

Swedish

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server c

  1. (computing) a server

Declension

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

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Turkish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /sæɾˈvæɾ/
  • Hyphenation: ser‧ver

Etymology 1

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Inherited from Ottoman Turkish [Term?], from Persian سَروَر (sarvar).

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server (definite accusative serveri, plural serverler)

  1. master
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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
Nominative
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
Definite accusative
Singular Plural
1st singular serverimi serverlerimi
2nd singular serverini serverlerini
3rd singular serverini serverlerini
1st plural serverimizi serverlerimizi
2nd plural serverinizi serverlerinizi
3rd plural serverlerini serverlerini
Dative
Singular Plural
1st singular serverime serverlerime
2nd singular serverine serverlerine
3rd singular serverine serverlerine
1st plural serverimize serverlerimize
2nd plural serverinize serverlerinize
3rd plural serverlerine serverlerine
Locative
Singular Plural
1st singular serverimde serverlerimde
2nd singular serverinde serverlerinde
3rd singular serverinde serverlerinde
1st plural serverimizde serverlerimizde
2nd plural serverinizde serverlerinizde
3rd plural serverlerinde serverlerinde
Ablative
Singular Plural
1st singular serverimden serverlerimden
2nd singular serverinden serverlerinden
3rd singular serverinden serverlerinden
1st plural serverimizden serverlerimizden
2nd plural serverinizden serverlerinizden
3rd plural serverlerinden serverlerinden
Genitive
Singular Plural
1st singular serverimin serverlerimin
2nd singular serverinin serverlerinin
3rd singular serverinin serverlerinin
1st plural serverimizin serverlerimizin
2nd plural serverinizin serverlerinizin
3rd plural serverlerinin serverlerinin
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
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Etymology 2

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Unadapted borrowing from English server.

Noun

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server (definite accusative serveri, plural serverler)

  1. (computing) server
    Synonym: sunucu

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admin 2
COMMUNITY 3
INTERN 1
Note 3
USERS 3
Verify 18