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Client/Server is a term that refers to an architecture where client code/programs are separate from the server code/programs. Client and server portions can run on the same or different computer systems. For example in a database environment a client program can connect across the network to an Oracle database running on a database server.
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Network architecture used to distribute an application across several computers, some of which being clients that issue queries, and one being a server that processes the queries and possibly returns results.
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In communications, the model of interaction in distributed data processing in which a program at one site sends a request to a program at another site and awaits a response. The requesting program is called a client; the answering program is called a server.
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A software system is said to have a client/server architecture when there is a central process (server) which accepts requests from multiple user processes (clients). ArcStorm is one example of a client/server architecture within ARC/INFO.
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A networking system in which one or more file servers (Server) provide services; such as network management, application and centralized data storage for workstations (Clients).
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describes the relationship between two computer programs in which one program, the client, makes a service request from another program, the server, which fulfills the request. Although the client/server idea can be used by programs within a single computer, it is a more important idea in a network. In a network, the client/server model provides a convenient way to interconnect programs that are distributed efficiently across different locations.
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A type of technical architecture that links many personal computers or workstations (clients) to
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Client/server is a network architecture in which each computer or process on the network is either a client or a server. Servers are powerful computers or processes dedicated to managing disk drives (file servers), printers (print servers), or network traffic (network servers). Clients are PCs or workstations on which users run applications. Clients rely on servers for resources such as files, devices, and even processing power. ...
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The two categories that separate computers and users. The client represents the user that requests information, whereas the server is the computer that stores and provides the information back to the client.
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Software that can operate on multi-platforms or multiple machines. For example, Gopher servers and clients can run on VAX, UNIX, MAC or DOS machines and take advantage of the special characteristics of each platform. MAC users connected to a UNIX gopher server would have a GUI (graphical user interface - complete with icons and folders), while UNIX clients connected to a MAC server would see a plain ASCII menu.
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A distributed technology approach where the processing is divided by function. The server performs shared functions -- managing communications, providing database services, etc. The client performs individual user functions -- providing customized interfaces, performing screen to screen navigation, offering help functions, etc.
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Worksharing for computers. The client is typically a computer on a network. It provides the user interface and does some of the processing. The server, which can be a different type of computer, does the remaining processing and performs activities such as database lookup for all of its clients.
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Refers to a form of distributed computing, chiefly relating to the Internet, where one program (the client) communicates with another program (the server) for the purpose of exchanging information. Here in th e CWU Library the main client currently used is Netscape. The Netscape software queries computers across the Internet and returns information to the user. ...
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A network structure typified by having a powerful central computer (the server) and a string of PCs linked to the centre
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A "client" program on a PC requests services from the "server" program which connects to the database.
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A program or Internet service that sends commands to and receives information from a corresponding program (often) at a remote site called a server. Most Internet services run as client/server programs. Telnet, for example, works this way. A user starts a client program on his computer which contacts a Telnet server.
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A type of network that has a powerful main computer (known as the server) and a number of computers linked to it (known as the clients).
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Form of networking in which the work load is split between a client and the server computer.
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A computer network that uses servers to supply files on request and client machines and software to use them. The Web and the Internet are very large distributed Client/Server networks.
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A concept that functionally divides the execution of a unit of work between activities initiated by an end user or program (client) and resource responses (services) to the activity request. Client/server is an application of cooperative processing in which the end-user interaction with the computing environment is through a programmable workstation that executes some portion of the application (beyond terminal emulation).
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That combination of common use, sharable machines which provide a variety of services to a network of personal workstations know as clients. Server machines may be dedicated to providing file storage or peripheral device management (such as printers, scanners, etc.) services, or they may also function as personal workstations.
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a model for sharing of resources and information between processes (typically processes running on different computers connected by a network).
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When the work of providing information to you on your computer is divided appropriately, a remote computer provides the information and is termed the server, while your personal computer provides a familiar and easy- to-use interface for that information and is termed the client. The intent is to optimize the speed and ease of use by allowing each of the computers to do work for which it is best suited, and to minimize the exchange of information on the network, which is usually the bottleneck.
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A network computing system in which individual computers (clients), use a central computer (server) for such services as file storage, printing, and communications.
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A computer or process that relies on the resources of another computer or process in order to perform a task. For example, multi-user databases often have a client-server design, where the data and the database software resides on a central server, and the users sit at PCs that have client software for that database server installed. The client and server can reside on the same or different machines.
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Client/Server is a network application architecture which separates the client (usually the graphical user interface) from the server. Each instance of the client software can send requests to a server or application server.
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