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Server

One who serves.

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Broader term 4

Computer 76% connected

One who computes.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Participant 76% connected

Sharing; participating; having a share of part.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Player 76% connected

One who plays, or amuses himself; one without serious aims; an idler; a trifler.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Utensil 76% connected

That which is used; an instrument; an implement; especially, an instrument or vessel used in a kitchen, or in domestic and farming business.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Narrower term 1

Waitress 76% connected

A female waiter or attendant; a waiting maid or waiting woman.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Derivationally related 6

Help 74% connected

To furnish with strength or means for the successful performance of any action or the attainment of any object; to aid; to assist; as, to help a man…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Help 74% connected

To furnish with strength or means for the successful performance of any action or the attainment of any object; to aid; to assist; as, to help a man…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Serve 74% connected

To work for; to labor in behalf of; to exert one's self continuously or statedly for the benefit of; to do service for; to be in the employment of, a…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Serve 74% connected

To work for; to labor in behalf of; to exert one's self continuously or statedly for the benefit of; to do service for; to be in the employment of, a…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Wait 74% connected

To watch; to observe; to take notice.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Wait 74% connected

To watch; to observe; to take notice.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Host 92% connected

The consecrated wafer, believed to be the body of Christ, which in the Mass is offered as a sacrifice; also, the bread before consecration.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Waiter 92% connected

One who, or that which, waits; an attendant; a servant in attendance, esp. at table.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Near synonym 7

containerisation 84% connected

Bundling software with everything it needs so it runs consistently.

computing infrastructure 25% interchangeable

Portable packaging of applications and dependencies.

database 84% connected

A structured store of information that can be searched and updated.

computing infrastructure 25% interchangeable

An organised store of data.

firewall 84% connected

A system that allows or blocks network connections.

computing infrastructure 25% interchangeable

A control that filters network traffic.

Network 84% connected

A fabric of threads, cords, or wires crossing each other at certain intervals, and knotted or secured at the crossings, thus leaving spaces or meshes…

computing infrastructure 25% interchangeable

Connected devices and systems.

Protocol 84% connected

The original copy of any writing, as of a deed, treaty, dispatch, or other instrument.

computing infrastructure 25% interchangeable

Rules for communication.

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