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What is a server?

What is a server? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (computing) A program that provides services to other programs or devices, either in the same computer or over a computer network.
  2. (computing) A computer dedicated to running such programs.
  3. One who serves; a waitress or waiter.
  4. A tray for dishes; a salver.
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I can see this in terms of the weekly web server statistics that I monitor.
The supercomputing crowd tends to set the pace for technology adoption across the server market.
So my poor server is trying to make big changes while lots and lots and lots of people are trying to access it.
Web browsers can then use the local Squid cache server as a proxy HTTP server, reducing access time as well as bandwidth consumption.
The client is able to open seekable streams on the server, either in read-only or read-write access mode.
The network loader reads the network boot kernel sent from the server into local memory and transfers control to it.

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