n. ~ A computer configured to store and provide access to files for clients connected by a network. Notes:  File servers are typically customized with high-speed disk drives and broadband network conn [..]

A high-capacity disk storage device or a computer that stores data centrally for network users and manages access to those data. Scope Notes: File servers can be dedicated so that no process other tha [..]

A file server is a computer containing files available to all users connected to a local-area network (LAN). In some LANs, a microcomputer is designated as the file server, while in others it is a com [..]

A computer designated to store software, courseware, administrative tools, and other data on a local- or wide-area network. It "serves" this information to other computers via the network wh [..]

1. A high-capacity disk storage device or a computer that each computer on a network can use or access and retrieve files that can be shared among attached computers. 2. A program, running on a computer, that allows different programs, running on other computers, to access the files of that computer.

Jensens Internet Dictionary A computer running a network operating system that enables other computers to access its files.

A local or remote location for storing both Salt-specific files such as top files or SLS files as well as files that can be distributed to minions, such as system configuration files. See also: Salt's file server.

See: server.

A file server is a computer and storage device dedicated to storing files. Any user on the network can store files on the server.

A computer that shares its resources, such as printers and files, with other computers on the network. An example of this is a Novell NetWare Server which shares its disk space with a workstation that does not have a disk drive of its own.

A computer on a network with the primary task of storing files that can be shared by network users.

A program that makes files (usually programs, scripts, pictures or documents) available; on IRC, a file server is usually a bot or script running an fserv, but it can also be an NFS Server used to pro [..]

A dedicated network computer that stores data files so that other computers can share access to them. See also client/server

A computer running processes to provide files for remote user systems.

 As the name implies, a file server is a server that provides access to files. It acts as a central file storage location that can be accessed by multiple systems.  

A mass storage device that can be accessed by several computers, usually through a local area network (LAN); a computer dedicated to processing and storing data and for sharing software in a network computing environment.

A computer that is utilised as a storage location for files that are accessible to many computers networked together in a LAN. File servers may be employed to store e-mail, financial data and word processing information, or to back up the network.

A computer attached to a network that has the primary purpose of providing a location for the shared storage of computer files(such as documents, sound files, photographs, movies, images, databases, etc.) that can be accessed by the workstations that are attached to the computer network.

A server is any program that provides a service to a client program. If the service that is provided to the client is access to files, it is called a file server.

A high-capacity disk storage device or a computer that each computer on a network can use or access and retrieve files that can be shared among attached computers.