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

client/server
     
        client-server
     
     
see also:
client-server 

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

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
     
     
see also:
distributed system server client protocol nodes network 
hardware operating systems dns nfs x window system 
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