Definitions for "Client/server model"
The structure by which services are implemented. A client process on one host makes a request that a server process (which may or may not be on another host) fulfills.
A model for structuring applications or operating systems such that the system is divided into server processes, each of which provides a set of specialized services to client processes.
a system that includes at least one server-a computer that provides a service to at least one other computer (a client); often referred to as a distributed system.