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server definition - telecom
In a client/server network architecture, a machine designated as to serve the needs of client machines.A server can be a mainframe, minicomputer, or personal computer that operates in a time-sharing mode to provide for the needs of many clients for application and file storage, network administration, security, and other critical functions. See also architecture, client, client/server, and time-sharing.

Webster's New World Telecom Dictionary Copyright © 2008 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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