1. A person whose occupation is to serve at table (as in a restaurant)
   "The server efficiently took orders from multiple tables";
   - waiter, waitperson, waitron [US, S.Africa]
    
2. (court games) the player who serves to start a point
   "The server's powerful ace won the game"
    
3. (computing) a computer that provides client stations with access to files and printers as shared resources to a computer network
   "The company's main database was stored on a secure server";
   - host
    
4. Utensil used in serving food or drink
   "She used an elegant silver server to dish out the cake"

Derived forms: servers

Type of: computer, computing device, computing machine, data processor, dining-room attendant, electronic computer, information processing system, participant, player, restaurant attendant, utensil

Part of: computer network

Encyclopedia: Server, Eric