server

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a) TDthe main computer on a network, which controls all the others 〔计算机网络的〕主机

The server’s down (=not working) again.

主机又坏了。

b) TDone of the computers on a network that provides a special service 〔计算机网络中的〕服务器

file/print server

All data is stored on a central file server.

所有数据资料都储存在中央文件服务器里。

2. DSthe player who hits the ball to begin a game in tennis, volleyball etc 〔网球、排球等的〕发球者

3 DFUa special spoon for putting a particular type of food onto a plate 分菜勺

salad servers

色拉叉匙

4. American EnglishAmE someone whose job is to bring you your food in a restaurant 〔餐馆里为顾客上菜的〕侍者，服务员 SYN waiter, waitress

Examples from the Corpus

server• a silver cake server• Thus printing would be controlled by a print server; a file server would control loading and saving files.• The facility also houses shared and dedicated web hosting servers.• There will be a three-slot workstation, a six-slot workstation or server and a nine-slot server.• House specialties usually showcase a restaurant's strengths, so we asked our server to make some recommendations.• Our server told us about the day's specials.• Details of pricing for the Sparc server version will be released when it ships in April.• The first illustration shows a request without an authorized password that is rejected by the server.

file/print server• Thus printing would be controlled by a print server; a file server would control loading and saving files.• In the SmartStream scheme, mainframes can be retained as file servers while cheaper Unix boxes assume its traditional tasks.• So, what makes a good file server?• Significantly, the 601 will be usable in symmetric multiprocessing file servers.• According to Network Appliance, FAServer is the first implementation of a new direction for network file servers called file server appliances.• AppleSearch is a workgroup-based product designed to give easy access to large document libraries residing on file servers.• Encina services include two-phase commit, a structured file server, a transaction monitor and client-to-host communications.

From Longman Business Dictionary

serverserv·er /ˈsɜːvəˈsɜːrvər/ (also file server) noun [countableC]COMPUTING

a powerful computer used to store large amounts of information and to connect other smaller computers in a NETWORK. The smaller computers are sometimes called CLIENTs

The network kept crashing because it was running on a file server without enough memory.

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