Dedicated server

How it is used

Competitive online games usually use dedicated servers because they are fairer and harder to cheat on, but they cost money to run. The alternatives are listen servers, where one player hosts, and peer-to-peer connections.

Example sentences

1. Dedicated server costs will be one of our biggest monthly expenses.

2. Ranked matches run on dedicated servers; casual matches are hosted by players.

Common collocations

• run dedicated servers
• dedicated server costs
• host a dedicated server
• server region

Related terms

• authoritative serverA server that has the final say on what happens in an online game: players send their inputs, and the server decides the real results, which makes cheating harder.
• multiplayerDescribes a game or mode in which several people play together or against each other, online or on the same device. As a noun, it means the multiplayer part of a game.
• netcodeThe networking code of an online game that sends game data between players and servers and keeps everyone's view of the match in sync despite delays.
• tick rateHow many times per second a game server updates the game state and sends it to players, measured in hertz. A higher tick rate makes online play more precise.
• matchmakingThe system that puts online players into matches with or against each other, based on things like skill level, region and connection quality.

This word in other fields

The same English word can have a different meaning in another field:

• dedicated server · Software Engineering

More terms: Multiplayer & Networking

• latency
• lag
• lobby
• client-side prediction