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servers

noun

plural of server

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a person who serves food or drink we had barely finished ordering when the server brought our salads

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Recent Examples of servers The worst damage was in the facilities division, where about half the servers were encrypted — meaning that district staff could not access their own systems and records. — Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2026 In response, those servers delivered an exploit that served the zero-click payload when the ad appeared on an individual’s device. — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 15 Oct. 2026 Trillion-dollar companies are spending, and borrowing, big sums for servers, memory and other components that will be used in data centers. — Steve Kopack, NBC news, 15 Oct. 2026 Apple’s system of servers is designed so that queries are not stored or made available to the company. — Andrew R. Chow, Time, 15 Oct. 2026 Its network includes more than 3,200 servers across 100 countries, including upgraded 10 Gbps servers. — Stackcommerce Team, PC Magazine, 15 Oct. 2026 Hardware prices across the board have risen, driven by soaring costs for components, especially memory and storage, as power-hungry AI servers suck up most of the capacity. — Kif Leswing,annie Palmer,jordan Novet, CNBC, 14 Oct. 2026 What this means The companies leading the AI boom are seeking not only computer servers, electricity and land, but also public support. — John Kotcher, The Conversation, 13 Oct. 2026 The process servers and bailiffs carry around pitch decks for killer apps. — Noel Murray, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2026

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waiters

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And if the fever dream of a Best Picture nomination does come true, well, YCSE’s haters just might become its waiters at the table of success.

— Nate Jones, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2026
The service The service here is a nod to the turn-of-the-last-century where waiters and barmen wear starched white dinner jackets and a pianist serenades your cocktails in a grand salon.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Oct. 2026

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