timeserverとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From time +‎ server.

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /ˈtʌɪmˌsəːvə/

名詞

timeserver (plural timeservers)

1. A person who conforms to current opinions, especially for reasons of personal advantage; an opportunist. [from 16th c.]
   • 1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic, Folio Society, published 2012, page 355:

     Another of Lilly's confidants was the time-server, John Gauden, who was distinctly anti-Laudian in outlook, but who nevertheless became Bishop of Worcester at the Restoration.

2. Someone who performs a job for the required time only, making a minimum of effort. [from 19th c.]
3. (computing) A device, node or program that transmits the correct time to clients in a network.
4. (obsolete) Someone who honors their commitments only when it is personally easy to do so. [16th c.]

上位語

• (computing): server