serv|er

serv|er «SUR vuhr», noun.

1. a person who serves.

2. a tray for dishes and the like, such as a salver.

3. any one of various pieces of tableware for serving food, usually a spatula: »

a cake or pie server.

4. an attendant who serves the celebrant at low Mass: »

The interview was like a ritual between priest and server (Graham Greene).

5. the player who puts the ball in play in tennis and similar games.

6. a central computer that stores and sends information to, or provides backup support for, workstations on a network: »

The traditional mainframe…has found a new role as a corporate information warehouse or large-scale enterprise network server (Financial Times).