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client-server model

Distributed application structure in computing

EntityQ146813

Also known as client-server relationship · C/S · Online Systems · client–server model · client/server · client–server architecture

Subclass of: network architecture
, software architecture

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The client–server model is a form of messaging pattern in a distributed application structure that partitions tasks or workloads between the providers of a resource or service, called servers, and service requesters, called clients. Often clients and servers communicate over a computer network on separate hardware, but both client and server may be on the same device. A server host runs one or more server programs, which share their resources with clients. A client usually does not share its computing resources, but it requests content or service from a server and may share its own content as part of the request. Clients, therefore, initiate communication sessions with servers, which await incoming requests. Examples of computer applications that use the client–server model are email, network printing, and the World Wide Web.

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Has part(s) of the class: client
server software
Opposite of: peer-to-peer
Partially coincident with: centralized computing

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