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computer program or device that provides access to a central resource or other functionality for clients
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Summary

server is a computer science term[1]. server draws 7,903 Wikipedia views per month (computer science term category, ranking #1,037 of 87).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: technical system[3], data processing system[4]
  • Part of: Internet[5], intranet[6], client-server model[7]
  • Commons category: Servers[8]
  • Opposite of: client[9]
  • Has part(s): server computer[10], server software[11]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Servers (computing)[12]
  • Stack Exchange tag: https://stackoverflow.com/tags/server[13]
  • Different from: server software[14], Wikipedia:Server status[15], server computer[16]
  • P14541: 2Fh2V9[17]

Why It Matters

server has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] server is known by 96 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 28d ago · Ms040got · 2026-09-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → computer science term
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Instance of: computer science term"
  2. 14w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 2Fh2V9
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  3. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0000508-servery
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: h0000508-servery, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259496|batch #259496]]"
  4. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Local thumb → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ Yso id: 638, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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