Main Entry:

serv·er

Pronunciation:

\ˈsər-vər\

Function:

noun

Date:

15th century

1 : one that serves food or drink 2 : the player who serves (as in tennis) 3 : something used in serving food or drink 4 : one that serves legal processes upon another 5 : the celebrant's assistant at mass 6 : a computer in a network that is used to provide services (as access to files or shared peripherals or the routing of e-mail) to other computers in the network