Definitions for "Client/server"
A front-end client and a back-end server allows multiple workstations (client) to access the same server at the same time over the LAN. The Internet is a global client/server network. The goal of such a design is to offload as much processing as possible to the desktop, leaving the shared information at the server.
An important concept in computing; you are the "client" and the computer that your modem dials to access the Internet is a "server". A server (or "host") on the Internet has information available to the Internet public. People use "client" software to access the information available on servers. Netscape is a "Web client" that accesses information on a "Web server."
A network paradigm in which a desktop client application (which requests a service from another computer) has the necessary intelligence to access servers (computers that share their resources) to request information or to perform queries. This paradigm requires that both client and server observe an agreed-upon communication protocol.
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