Definition of HYPOSTASIS. 1. a: something that settles at the bottom of a fluid b: the settling of blood in the dependent parts of an organ or body. 2. : person 3. 3.
A network server is a computer that provides various shared resources to workstations and other servers on a computer network. View slideshow of images above Watch the Did-You-Know slideshow
A server is also a person who serves, like a waiter at a restaurant or in a hotel. In net jargon, a server is a computer that serves many things to user, or client machines. Usually a server will only do a few things. Every type of thing a server does is called a service. Services are used by other computers that are called clients.