compute server

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compute server - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  compute server
  
     <computer, parallel> A kind of parallel processor where the
     parallel processors have no I/O except via a bus or other
     connection to a front-end processor which handles all I/O to
     disks, terminals and network.
  
     In some antiquated IBM mainframes, a second CPU was
     provided that could not access I/O devices, known as the slave
     or attached processor, while the CPU having access to all
     devices was known as the master processor.
  
     (1995-03-19)