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servent

noun

Etymology

Blend of server + client. Introduced by the Gnutella network technology.

  1. derived from cliēns
  2. derived from client
  3. derived from clyent
  4. inherited from client
  5. compounded as servent — “server + client”

Definitions

  1. A peer-to-peer network node which has the functionality of both server and client.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for servent. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA