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# Server Components: glossary: Agent Ready HTML

> Server Components defined: React components that render on the server; the default for pages and layouts in the Next.js App Router.

Source: https://agentreadyhtml.com/glossary/server-components/
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Last reviewed: 2026-11-04

# Server Components

In short

React components that render on the server; the default for pages and layouts in the Next.js App Router. Example: Next.js says layouts and pages are Server Components by default. Related terms: Server-side rendering (SSR), schema.org. Server-side rendering (SSR): Rendering a page to HTML on the server per request, so the response carries the content.

## Source of the example

The example in the summary above is from [nextjs.org](https://nextjs.org/docs/app/getting-started/server-and-client-components), read 4 November 2026.

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## Neighbouring terms

-   [Server-side rendering (SSR)](https://agentreadyhtml.com/glossary/server-side-rendering/): Rendering a page to HTML on the server per request, so the response carries the content.
-   [schema.org](https://agentreadyhtml.com/glossary/schema-org/): The shared vocabulary of types and properties (Organization, Product, TechArticle) used in JSON-LD.

## Sources

1.  [nextjs.org](https://nextjs.org/docs/app/getting-started/server-and-client-components) https://nextjs.org/docs/app/getting-started/server-and-client-components, read 4 November 2026

Last reviewed 4 November 2026

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