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Testing vs Server - What's the difference?

testing | server |

As nouns the difference between testing and server

is that testing is the act of conducting a test; trialing, proving while server is server (a computer or software that provides services to other programs or users).

As a verb testing

is .

As an adjective testing

is difficult, tough.

testing

English

Verb

(head)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • difficult, tough
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=June 4 , author=Phil McNulty , title=England 2 - 2 Switzerland , work=BBC citation , page= , passage=England have now gone four games without a win at Wembley, their longest sequence without a victory in 30 years, and still have much work to do to reach Euro 2012 as they prepare for a testing trip to face Bulgaria in Sofia in September.}}

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of conducting a test; trialing, proving.
  • * 2011 , Emerson B. Powery, Immersion Bible Studies: Luke
    • The wilderness testings of Jesus prepare him for ministry in which such temptations and shortcuts will recur.

    Anagrams

    *

    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 ----