servidor
1. A person employed in a restaurant or bar to attend to customers' needs and bring food or drinks
The server brought our drinks to the table.
O servidor trouxe nossas bebidas para a mesa.
2. A computer or system that provides resources, data, or services to other computers (clients) on a network
The website was down because the server crashed.
O site estava fora do ar porque o servidor caiu.
3. In tennis and volleyball, the player who puts the ball into play
The server won the point with an ace.
O servidor venceu o ponto com um ace.
4. A utensil or device used for serving food or drink
She used a silver server to dish out the salad.
Ela usou uma concha prateada para servir a salada.
In Brazil, 'servidor' is the standard term in both restaurant and technology contexts. In the service industry, you may still hear 'garçom' (waiter) or 'garçonete' (waitress), but 'servidor' is increasingly common. In the tech industry, 'servidor' is universal and widely understood by professionals. The word has become essential in Brazilian tech culture as the internet and cloud services have become prevalent.
Related Idioms & Phrases
server farm - a large collection of servers
serve someone right - to be a deserved consequence (idiomatic, not related to server as noun)
web server - a specific type of computing server
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