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Webserver

web server

noun VEB-zer-fer Rare
Communication Technology

Usage Note

Webserver is used in German as a direct loan from English; it refers to both the software (e.g. Apache) and the physical machine that delivers web pages to browsers.

Examples

"Der Webserver war überlastet und lieferte Fehlermeldungen."

Natural Translation

The web server was overloaded and returned error messages.

Literal Translation

The web-server was overloaded and delivered error-messages.

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