"web server" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: web servers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} web server (plural web servers)
  1. (software) software that delivers Web pages and other documents to browsers using the HTTP protocol. Categories (topical): Software Synonyms: Web server, webserver, web-server Translations (software): خَادِم وِيب (ḵādim wīb) [masculine] (Arabic), سِيرْفِير وِيب (sirfīr wīb) [masculine] (Arabic), 服务端 (Chinese Mandarin), webserver (Dutch), verkkopalvelin (Finnish), serveur web [masculine] (French), Webserver [masculine] (German), εξυπηρετητής περιεχομένου (exypiretitís periechoménou) [masculine] (Greek), वेब सर्वर (veb sarvar) (Hindi), webszerver (Hungarian), ウェブサーバー (webusābā) (Japanese), 웹 서버 (wep seobeo) (Korean), servidor [masculine] (Portuguese), веб-се́рвер (veb-sérver) [masculine] (Russian), servidor web [masculine] (Spanish), webbserver [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-web_server-en-noun-idrQ~bO6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 72 28 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences, software Disambiguation of 'software': 64 36
  2. (computer hardware) the computer on which such software runs. Categories (topical): Computer hardware Translations (computer): 網頁服務器 (Chinese Mandarin), 网页服务器 (wǎngyè fúwùqì) (Chinese Mandarin), 網頁伺服器 [Taiwan] (Chinese Mandarin), 网页伺服器 (wǎngyè cìfúqì) (Chinese Mandarin), webserver (Dutch), verkkopalvelin (Finnish), εξυπηρετητής περιεχομένου (exypiretitís periechoménou) [masculine] (Greek), webszerver (Hungarian), servidor [masculine] (Portuguese), веб-сервер (veb-server) [masculine] (Russian), webbserver [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-web_server-en-noun-950W9MXT Topics: computer-hardware, computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'computer': 14 86

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