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Related phrases: client/server network system

Definitions of client/server network:

a configuration where all people store their files on a central computer, and files are accessed directly from where they are stored on the central computer. The central computer is the server, and the client is the computer that can access the information from the central computer.
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A LAN built around the division of nodes into client machines (users) and server computers that function as providers of services and resources. Servers on a client/server network commonly perform some of the processing work (called back-end processing) for client machines—for example, sorting through a database before delivering only the record(s) requested by the client. Compare peer-to-peer network.
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is a network in which one or more computers are servers and provide services to the other computers, which are called clients.
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A network with workstations (clients) and one or more the servers.
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A network arrangement with a server and one or more clients. The server is a computer which provides resources such as data management and/or allows clients to share information with each other.
www.groton.k12.ct.us/etcpt8.htm