Glossary of Data Communications Terms

Courtesy Enterprise-Wide Computing, Inc.

Term: client-server
Definition: the model of interaction in a distributed system in which a program at one site sends a request to a program at another site and awaits a response. The requesting program is called a client; the program satisfying the request is called the server. It is usually easier to build client software than server software.

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