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
Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: Name server. A name server is a computer server that hosts a network service for providing responses to queries against a directory service. It maps a human-recognizable identifier to a system-internal, often numeric identification or addressing component. This service is performed by the server in response to a network service protocol request. An example of a name server is the server component of the Domain Name System, one of the two principal name spaces of the Internet.