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lib | server |

As an abbreviation lib

is the libertarian party.

As a noun server is

server (a computer or software that provides services to other programs or users).

lib

English

Etymology 1

Abbreviation for various words beginning in lib- .

Abbreviation

(Abbreviation) (head)
  • liberal
  • liberation
    • women's lib
  • library
    • External links
    * ("lib" on Wikipedia)

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) libbe, from (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A potion; magic potion; charm.

    • Etymology 3

    From (etyl) libben, related to (etyl) . More at (l).

    Verb

    (libb)
  • To geld; castrate; emasculate (usually said of animals).
    • Related terms
    * glib * (l) * (l)

    Anagrams

    * bil ----

    server

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who serves; a waitress or waiter.
  • A tray for dishes; a salver.
  • (computing) A program which provides services to other programs or users, either in the same computer or over a computer network.
  • (senseid)(computing) A computer dedicated to running such programs.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-14, author=(Jonathan Freedland)
    • , volume=189, issue=1, page=18, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Obama's once hip brand is now tainted , passage=Now we are liberal with our innermost secrets, spraying them into the public ether with a generosity our forebears could not have imagined. Where we once sent love letters in a sealed envelope, or stuck photographs of our children in a family album, now such private material is despatched to servers and clouds operated by people we don't know and will never meet.}}

    Usage notes

    * Some prefer (term) to (waiter) or (waitress) because it is unisex.

    Derived terms

    * fileserver * microserver * miniserver * serverless * timeserver

    Antonyms

    * client

    Anagrams

    * * English politically correct terms ----