server

plural servers

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

   Antonyms: client

2. computingA computer dedicated to running such programs.

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   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.

   2013 June 14, Jonathan Freedland, “Obama's once hip brand is now tainted”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 1, page 18

3. social mediaA 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.

   2020 August 11, EasyCompZeeland, “My server is changing the admin name and doesn’t store any created channels… out of the blue”, in Official TeamSpeak Community Forum, TeamSpeak Server

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   Discord gives you the power to create an invite-only home for your friends or community - a place where you can talk, hang out, and have fun. We call these special places - servers [...]

   2020, “Beginner's Guide to Discord”, in Discord Help Center

   Basically like how there is an emoji button for statuses and bios but make them for certain settings such as channel names or descriptions. This little QOL(quality of life) change would add a slightly faster way of navigating through channels and add a nicer more organized appearance to some servers.

   2024 June 30, Narunzo, “I can't find a decent place where I can post a suggestion and it would be seen by staff in Guilded so I'm posting my suggestion here”, in Reddit, r/guilded

4. One who serves.
   1. A waitress or waiter.
   2. ball gamesThe player who serves the ball.
   3. ChristianityA priest's attendant at the celebration of the Eucharist.

      Synonyms: altar server, acolyte

5. A tray for dishes.

   Synonyms: salver

6. A spoon for serving food.

plural Servers

1. A surname originating as an occupation.