a powerful computer used to store large amounts of information and to connect other smaller computers in a network. The smaller computers are sometimes called client S:
• The network kept crashing because it was running on a file server without enough memory.
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server UK US /ˈsɜːvər/ noun [C] IT
► a central computer that controls and provides information to other computers in a network: »
The server crashed twice.
»All your e-mails are saved on the internet provider's server.
Financial and business terms. 2012.