server

serveur

Ordinateur qui stocke des informations ou fournit des services à d’autres ordinateurs connectés.

En anglais simple : A computer that stores information or provides services for other computers connected to it.

• The server is down.
• We moved our website to a faster server.
• All the files are stored on the office server.

Synonymes : host

Expressions courantes : web server, server room, server crash

serveur, serveuse

Personne qui apporte les plats et les boissons aux clients d’un restaurant.

En anglais simple : A person who brings food and drinks to customers in a restaurant.

• Our server brought the menu.
• We left a tip for the server.
• The servers were busy during lunch.

Synonymes : waiter, waitress

Expressions courantes : restaurant server, server brings something, server takes orders, friendly server

serveur

Programme informatique qui fournit des informations ou des services à la demande d’autres programmes ou appareils.

En anglais simple : A computer program that provides information or services when other programs or devices request them.

• The server handles requests from the app.
• We installed a new database server on this computer.
• Restart the server process after changing its settings.

Expressions courantes : database server, server software, server process