Server
nounid
4124·updated May 9, 2026verified
A computer or other device that manages a network service. An example is a print server, which is a device that manages network printing.
polysemousMWE
Classifications
Entity Type
System95%rule-basedr:entity.system.compute.v1
Sensitivity
unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- synonym
- hostwaiter
- plural
- Servers
- possessive
- Server's
- pluralpossessive
- Servers'
Framework definitions
- §1
- A system entity that provides a service in response to requests from other system entities called clients.
Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) IT Examination Handbook Infobase, Glossary1 senseview framework →
- §1
- A computer or other device that manages a network service. An example is a print server, which is a device that manages network printing.
- §1
- utensil used in serving food or drink
- §2
- (computer science) a computer that provides client stations with access to files and printers as shared resources to a computer network
- §3
- (court games) the player who serves to start a point
- §4
- a person whose occupation is to serve at table, as in a restaurant
Outgoing relationships
No outgoing triples
This term is not the subject of any RDF-style relationship yet.
Incoming relationships
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