File Server

Definition: File Server

File Server

Noun

1. (computer science) a digital computer that provides workstations on a network with controlled access to shared resources.

Specialty Definitions: File Server

Domain	Definitions
Computing	File server Hardware and software that together provide file-handling and storage functions for multiple users on a local area network. The most common choices for file server software are Sun Microsystems' Network File System for Unix and Novell Netware for IBM PC compatibles. There is also a version of NFS for PCs called PC-NFS. Storing files on a file server saves having multiple copies stored on individual computers, thus economising on disk space and also makes administrating and updating the files easier. Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing.
Post & Telecom	A process running on a computer that provides access to files for remote user systems. Source: European Union. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Specialty Definition: File server

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

In telecommunication, the term file server has the following meanings:

A high-capacity disk storage device or a computer that each computer on a network can use or access and retrieve files that can be shared among attached computers.
A computer program, that allows different programs, running on other computers, to access the files of that computer.

Source: from Federal Standard 1037C

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "File server."

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Crosswords: File Server

English words defined with "file server": dedicated file server ♦ non-dedicated file server. (references)

Specialty definitions using "file server": chroot, ColdFusion, Common Internet File System ♦ Direct Client to Client Protocol, diskless workstation, Distributed Computing Environment, Domain Name System, DOS requester ♦ File Service Protocol ♦ Hot Fix ♦ inews, installable file system ♦ Macintosh Operating System ♦ Netmarq Limited ♦ print server ♦ ratio site, Redundant Arrays of Independent Disks ♦ server-parsed HTML, server-side include, sucking mud ♦ Uniform Naming Convention, URL redirection ♦ virtual path ♦ Windows 2000, Windows NT ♦ X Window System. (references)

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Commercial Usage: File Server

Domain	Title
High Tech	10bay Atx File Server Case with 460w Ps Fan 7 Exp Slots (reference) SX1400B 14BAY FILE SERVER BLACK (reference) (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Expression: File Server

Expression using "file server": dedicated file server. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: File Server

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
file server	141	building file server	3
linux file server	8	file server rack	3
dll editing exchange file server	5	file server transfer	3
file server case	5	98 file server window	2
mirc file server	5	panzer file server	2
file server web	4	shared file server	2
counter file server strike	4	internet file server	2
file server setup	4	exploit file server service	2
build a file server	4	file server setting up	2
file server upload	4	file server window	2
network file server	4	2000 file server sharing window	2
file server transfer yahoo	3	6 7042m file server	2
file server software	3	bottler file server	2
client file server spool	3	file server online	2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: File Server

Language		Translations for "file server"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Chinese		文件服務器 . (various references)

Danish		filserver, file server. (various references)

Dutch		functieprogramma voor het bestand, file server, bestandsfunctieprogramma, bestandsbedieningscomputer. (various references)

Finnish		tiedostopalvelin. (various references)

French		serveur de fichiers, serveur de fichier. (various references)

German		Fileserver, Dateiverwalter. (various references)

Greek		εξυπηρετητής αρχειοφακέλων, εξυπηρετητής αρχείων, διακομιστής αρχείων. (various references)

Italian		file server, server di archivio. (various references)

Pig Latin		ilefay erversay

Portuguese		servidor de ficheiros, servidor de ficheiro. (various references)

Spanish		servidor de archivos. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: File Server

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
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	-1 letter: relievers, revelries.
	-2 letters: reliever, relieves, resilver, revelers, reveries, revilers, silverer, sliverer.
	-3 letters: feelers, ferlies, ferrels, ferries, leerier, leviers, reefers, reefier, reelers, refeels, refiles, refires, reflies, refries, reivers, releves, reliefs, reliers, relieve, relives, reserve, reveler, reveres, reverie, reverse, reviler, reviles, reviser, rievers, riflers, servile, severer, veeries, veilers.
	-4 letters: eelier, eerier, elvers, ervils, eviler, feeler, ferlie.
	Words containing the letters "e-e-e-f-i-l-r-r-s-v"
	+4 letters: overfertilizes.
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