A computer that includes an operating system and installed applications and can run either as a standalone or in a server environment. See also thin client.
In client/server computing, a client is said to be "fat" (or "thick") when it handles a high amount of the application logic and data management tasks, rather than having these tasks executed remotely on the server. See client/server and thin client.
Your average desktop PC that does most of the application processing and stores software and data on its hard disk and is network ready.
A two-tier client/server model for application design in which the business rules are tightly integrated and deployed with the code that implements the graphical user interface. A fat client is usually deployed on a workstation.
a network computer with a hard disc drive , as opposed to a thin client which has no disc drive
In a client/server architecture, a client that performs the bulk of the data processing operations. The data itself is stored on the server. Although the term usually refers to software, it can also apply to a network computer that has relatively strong processing abilities.
In the client/server environment, it is the client that performs the bulk of the data processing operations. This data is then stored on the server.
Client software installed at each computer which communicates with another location's server. The term "fat" is used because all client components are installed at the computer and the user typically operates a vendor specific interface. The opposite of "Thin Client".
A computer that includes an operating system, RAM, ROM, a powerful processor and a wide range of installed applications that can execute either on the desktop or on the server to which it is connected. Fat clients can operate in a Server-based Computing environment or in a stand-alone fashion.
Today's fast PCs are fat clients. They've got lots of memory and big hard drives. They store information and typically run programs locally off of their...
In a client/server system, a client that performs most of the necessary data processing itself, rather than relying on the server.
The type of computing in which full applications are run (and often stored) on the user's computer or terminal. As applications grow, fat clients often have to be manually upgraded to add more memory, disk space, and new operating system versions.
A computing device, such as a PC or Macintosh, that includes an operating system, RAM, ROM, a powerful processor and a wide range of installed applications that can execute on the desktop or 100% on the server under a Server-based Computing architecture. Fat clients can operate in a server-based computing environment.
A fat client is a computer (client) in client-server architecture networks which typically provides rich functionality independently of the central server. Originally just a "client", or "thick-client" in the early days of PC based computing, the word "fat" is in opposition to the "thin" within thin-client, however it typically means that the size of the application which resides on the client machine is large (although browsers such as IE7, while thin-clients, are often far bigger).