Server Room
Noun · Hacker Culture
Definitions
A physical room that houses servers, networking gear, storage, and supporting equipment such as cooling and power systems. In modern cloud-heavy organizations it also functions as a symbol of older on-prem infrastructure realities.
In plain English: A room where an organization keeps its servers and networking equipment.
Example: "The startup still had a literal server room because part of the product depended on low-latency local hardware."
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