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Server vs Mousse - What's the difference?

server | mousse |

As a noun server

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

As a verb mousse is

.

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.
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    • , 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

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    mousse

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An airy pudding served chilled, particularly chocolate mousse .
  • A savory dish, of meat or seafood, containing gelatin.
  • A styling cream used for hair.
    • He slicked his hair back with mousse , but the cowlick still stuck up.

    Verb

    (mouss)
  • To apply mousse (styling cream).
    • He moussed his hair in the morning and then washed it out at night.

    Anagrams

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