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Server

Meaning in cloud computing & devops, with examples

/ˈsɜrvər/nounCore term

In cloud computing & devops, server means: A computer, physical or virtual, that runs services and answers requests from other computers over a network, for example by sending web pages or data.

In Turkish: sunucu

How it is used

Used for both the machine and the software that serves requests: 'the web server', 'the database server', 'Nginx is our web server'. In the cloud, a server is usually a virtual machine you rent rather than a box you own.

Example sentences

  1. The server ran out of disk space at 3 a.m., so the API stopped writing logs.

  2. We replaced the three old physical servers with a small Kubernetes cluster.

Common collocations

  • web server
  • database server
  • restart a server
  • server load
  • physical server
  • virtual machineA complete computer, with its own operating system, that runs as software on a physical machine. One physical server can host many virtual machines at once.
  • instanceOne running copy of a virtual server or service in the cloud. You choose its size, such as how many CPUs and how much memory it has, and pay while it runs.
  • on-premisesDescribes servers and software that a company runs in its own building or data center, rather than renting them from a cloud provider.
  • load balancerA service that receives incoming traffic and spreads it across several servers, sending requests only to the ones that are healthy.

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