server

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a person whose occupation is to serve at table, as in a restaurant

   The server presented us with our bill at the end of the meal.

2. 2
   noun

   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 servers and clouds operated by people we don't know and will never meet.

3. 3
   noun

   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.

4. 4
   noun

   utensil used in serving food or drink

5. 5
   noun

   (computer science) a computer that provides client stations with access to files and printers as shared resources to a computer network

6. 6
   noun

   (court games) the player who serves to start a point

7. 7
   noun

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

8. 8
   noun

   One who serves.

Etymology

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