client-server

The client-server model is a protocol used to organize multiple parallel processes.

• The process that is providing some service is called the server. Examples: a database system that stores and manages a large number of data records.
• The process that uses that service is called the client. For example, a program that generates a report may use a database server to retrieve some records for the report, so the report program would run as a client process.

John Shipman, john@nmt.edu Last updated: 1997/05/22 21:22:30 UT URL: http://www.nmt.edu/tcc/help/g/client_server.html