What does server mean?
Word: Server
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Server means a powerful computer that stores websites, games or files and sends them to other computers and phones over the internet. In American English it can also mean a waiter, a person who serves food in a restaurant.
How do you spell server?
Syllables: serv - er
Tricky part: The vowel sound after the s is spelt er, never ur or ir, even though it sounds like the start of surf.
Watch out for: sirver, surver, servor
Memory tip: In tennis, the player who hits the first ball is also called the server: the same word, spelt the same way.
Server in a sentence
Example 1: The game would not load because the server was busy.
Example 2: Our school keeps all the exam marks on a server in the office.
Example 3: Mrs Rao's class video call kept freezing until the server was fixed.
Fun Fact
When you open a website, your phone sends a request to a server that may be in another country, and the reply usually arrives in less than a second.
Practise the CREST Way
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the correctly spelt word:
a) keybord
b) server
c) printar
d) moniter
Show answer
b) server. Keyboard needs an a, monitor ends in -or and printer has no a; that leaves server.
Word Cookie
Find the misspelt word in the sentence:
Uncle Imran said the office servar needs a new hard disk before Monday.
a) servar
b) office
c) before
d) needs
Show answer
a) servar. Server has e in both halves.
Word Cookie
Find the extra letter in the word:
servver
a) s
b) r
c) v
d) e
Show answer
c) v. One v joins the two halves of server.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. A server room in an office is usually kept ____.
a) damp, so that dust does not settle
b) noisy, so the machines run faster
c) dark, so the screens look brighter
d) cool, because the machines get hot
Show answer
d) cool, because the machines get hot
2. Which sentence uses server to mean a computer?
a) The server brought us two plates of pasta.
b) The server filled our glasses with water.
c) The server crashed, so nobody could log in.
d) The server hit the ball hard over the net.
Show answer
c) The server crashed, so nobody could log in.
