Servers Glossary
Browse 13 servers terms defined in plain English, from the cultural dictionary of computing.
13 Servers Terms
- AI Server
- A server or service instance that hosts AI workloads such as inference, retrieval, or orchestration. AI servers may need specialized hardware, caching, and...
- Backend Framework
- A server-side framework that provides routing, middleware, request handling, configuration, and other common infrastructure for building backend services....
- Build Server
- A server dedicated to running builds, tests, and artifact packaging for a codebase or set of projects. Build servers centralize toolchains and automation, but...
- Cache Server
- A dedicated server or service that stores cached data for reuse by applications or users, such as Redis, Memcached, or an HTTP caching appliance. Cache servers...
- CentOS
- A Linux distribution historically popular for servers and enterprise-like stability, especially before major project changes altered its role.
- Chat Server
- A server responsible for handling chat connections, message routing, presence, history storage, and related real-time messaging concerns. Chat servers often...
- Fail2ban
- A security tool that watches logs for suspicious behavior and automatically blocks abusive IP addresses.
- Host Security
- The protection of an individual computer or server through configuration hardening, patching, endpoint controls, access restrictions, and monitoring. Host...
- Inference Server
- A server or service process dedicated to hosting models and executing inference requests. Inference servers manage model loading, batching, scheduling, and...
- Jump Server
- A server that acts as the approved intermediate point for reaching protected systems, especially in tightly controlled enterprise or cloud environments....
- LLM Server
- A server that hosts or brokers access to one or more large language models for applications or internal users. LLM servers may perform model serving directly...
- Model Server
- A server or service instance that loads a model and handles inference requests against it. Model servers may support batching, scaling, caching, and health...
- Rocky Linux
- A community-driven enterprise Linux distribution created to provide a downstream-compatible replacement after CentOS changes.
Related Topics
- Ai (4 terms in common)
- Distributions (2 terms in common)
- Linux (2 terms in common)
- Infrastructure (2 terms in common)
- Frameworks (1 terms in common)
- Models (1 terms in common)
- Segmentation (1 terms in common)
- Hardening (1 terms in common)
- Ci (1 terms in common)
- Real Time Systems (1 terms in common)
- Chat (1 terms in common)
- Llms (1 terms in common)
- Build Systems (1 terms in common)
- Backend (1 terms in common)
- Caching (1 terms in common)
- Inference (1 terms in common)
- Administrative Access (1 terms in common)
- Automation (1 terms in common)
- Security (1 terms in common)
- Endpoints (1 terms in common)