Clientserver

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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  client/server
       
          {client-server}
       
       



From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  client-server
       
           A common form of {distributed system} in which
          software is split between {server} tasks and {client} tasks.
          A client sends requests to a server, according to some
          {protocol}, asking for information or action, and the server
          responds.
       
          This is analogous to a customer (client) who sends an order
          (request) on an order form to a supplier (server) who
          despatches the goods and an invoice (response).  The order
          form and invoice are part of the "protocol" used to
          communicate in this case.
       
          There may be either one centralised server or several
          distributed ones.  This model allows clients and servers to be
          placed independently on {nodes} in a {network}, possibly on
          different {hardware} and {operating systems} appropriate to
          their function, e.g. fast server/cheap client.
       
          Examples are the name-server/name-resolver relationship in
          {DNS}, the file-server/file-client relationship in {NFS} and
          the screen server/client application split in the {X Window
          System}.
       
          {Usenet} newsgroup: {news:comp.client-server}.
       
          ["The Essential Client/Server Survival Guide", 2nd edition,
          1996].
       
          (1998-01-25)