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Server Definition–noun | 2. | something that serves or is used in serving, as a salver. | | 3. | a broad fork, spoon, or spatula for dishing out and serving individual portions of food, as vegetables, cake, or pie. | | 4. | Ecclesiastical. an attendant on the priest at Mass, who arranges the altar, makes the responses, etc. |
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| 5. | (in tennis, badminton, handball, etc.) the player who puts the ball or shuttlecock in play. | | 6. | a computer that makes services, as access to data files, programs, and peripheral devices, available to workstations on a network. Compare client (def. 5), file server. | |
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Software Definition–noun | 1. | Computers. the programs used to direct the operation of a computer, as well as documentation giving instructions on how to use them. Compare hardware (def. 5). | | 2. | anything that is not hardware but is used with hardware, esp. audiovisual materials, as film, tapes, records, etc.: a studio fully equipped but lacking software. | | 3. | Television Slang. prepackaged materials, as movies or reruns, used to fill out the major part of a station's program schedule. | |
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