FILE SERVER

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("file server" is a kind of...):

digital computer (a computer that represents information by numerical (binary) digits)

Domain category:

computer science; computing (the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "file server"):

dedicated file server ((computer science) a file server that can be used only as a file server)

non-dedicated file server ((computer science) a file server that can be used simultaneously as a workstation)