{
  "id": "server.digital",
  "term": "server",
  "sense": "digital",
  "pos": "noun",
  "status": "review",
  "level": 18,
  "arena": "server",
  "domain": "digital",
  "style": null,
  "definition": "a device that provides information to others over a network",
  "folk_gloss": null,
  "emergence": {
    "components": [
      "device.tool",
      "network.system",
      "software.digital",
      "information.knowledge",
      "others.distinct-entities",
      "provide.supply"
    ],
    "interaction": "the device uses software that supplies information over the network to distinct entities",
    "novel_properties": [
      "information provisioning",
      "remote accessibility",
      "client-server relationship"
    ]
  },
  "examples": [
    {
      "text": "The Apache HTTP Server software runs on a Dell PowerEdge server at CERN, delivering web pages over the internet.",
      "domain": "computing"
    },
    {
      "text": "The Hubble Space Telescope's data archive at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center stores and transmits petabytes of astronomical images.",
      "domain": "engineering"
    },
    {
      "text": "The Bank of England's real-time gross settlement system processes trillions in transactions daily from financial institutions.",
      "domain": "economics"
    }
  ],
  "relations": [
    {
      "id": "system.organized",
      "note": "is-a conventional system that is organized for a purpose",
      "type": "is-a"
    },
    {
      "id": "access.entry",
      "note": "enables others to access resources",
      "type": "enables"
    }
  ],
  "used_by": [],
  "forms": [
    "server",
    "servers"
  ],
  "closed": true,
  "provenance": {
    "author": "openrouter:openai/gpt-oss-120b",
    "date": "2026-07-29",
    "confidence": 0.6,
    "reconciled": {
      "by": "openrouter:qwen/qwen3-235b-a22b-2507",
      "date": "2026-07-31",
      "changed": "components",
      "note": "Added missing constitutive concepts from definition: information.knowledge, others.distinct-entities, and provide.supply"
    }
  },
  "canonical": "https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-server.digital"
}