secure server

American

noun

Computers.

a web server that uses Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) or another security protocol to protect transmitted personal data from unauthorized access.

Etymology

Origin of secure server

First recorded in 1990–95

Example Sentences

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A VPN is a service that creates an encrypted connection between your device and the internet, routing your traffic through a secure server.

From Salon

“Not sure what happened, but the fire department left already...yes...I’m shutting it down now...all the important files are on the secure server...I can handle this. Will you trust me, please?”

From Literature

There is no winning unless Ethan and his team can retrieve the Entity’s source code from a submersible at the bottom of the sea and trap it inside a secure server, a mission more impossible than any that have come before it.

From Salon

However, digitizing the material — and storing it in the cloud on a secure server — gives you a virtual backup out of nature’s reach.

From New York Times

The man whose sister died said authorities informed him a few months ago that the footage existed and that he watched the video on a secure server at the FBI’s office in Sacramento.

From Los Angeles Times

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