It can act as a server.

它能担任一个服务器。

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But,if a customer then orders the chicken soup a server will simply answer, "Sorry,we're out of the soup."

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So, an alternative to that that is incredibly common in just the programming world and in industry is to actually not write programs on your own personal computer but to actually write and run them on a server, someplace where the software is all standardized.

那么，在编程界和工业界普遍,使用的一个解决方案是,不在你自己的电脑上写程序,而是在服务器上编程运行，服务器上的软件都是标准化的。

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We would hire one other programmer to work on the client's site and build a hardware out, I would build the server software and then answer that question.

我们计划雇佣另一个程序设计师来做,客户网站，再准备好硬件，我还会编出一个服务器软件,一个月后，我们就会回答那个问题。

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This enhanced connectivity boosts the computer's potential as a server in a big way.

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The databases themselves, 15, 700 of them, reside in a server farm below Reed's Dayton campus.

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You place a server somewhere, and you have an equal shot at serving customers well.

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