file server
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3.6
- noun
- /faɪl ˈsɜrvər/
- Specialized
:
servidor de archivos
- The company upgraded its file server to improve the speed of document sharing among employees.
- file server on a network
Examples
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Use a data classification framework to scan your file servers and determine where your most sensitive content lives and where it is exposed to too many people.
Blog text (27) -
As a second choice for those looking at something more powerful from their NAS or file server, you can't go past the Intel Xeon E3-1220L v2.
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The number-one thing the IT business does is set up email and file servers.
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As that account built up, the administrator would naturally want to archive it to a file server where it could be saved.
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Data-intensive applications such as transaction processing and file servers form a major market segment for computer systems.
Academic text (1994) -
The class then installs the LAN software on the workstations and on the file server.
Academic text (1991) -
The National Soil Erosion Research Laboratory's file server records hundreds of information requests each month. Managing the WEPP Project
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At Steelcase, WorkManager runs on an HP 700 workstation, which acts as a central file server.
Academic text (1994) -
The file server is a Pentium II 266 MHz with a 1 GB hard drive that is almost 80 percent utilized.
Academic text (2002) -
Through the generosity of the Hewlett-Packard Corporation, these will be replaced with a network of 25 Hewlett-Packard 486 Vectra computers served by two file servers and three laser printers.
Academic text (1994)
Synonyms
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3.0
A computer that lets other computers use files and printers on a network
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5.2
A computer that gives other computers access to files or printers
How Powerful
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5.3
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3.6
- Specialized
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2.4
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a computer that manages and provides access to shared files' is directly and transparently derivable from combining 'file' (a collection of documents) with 'server' (a machine that responds to client requests). This noun–noun compositional pattern (a server for files) is common and cross-linguistically regular, so a B1 learner who knows both words would readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
File server comes from the simple idea of a server as someone who 'serves' and a file as a saved document. It is a computer that holds files and gives them to other computers when they need them, so the name shows its job of storing and sharing files.