Client-Server
March 20, 2008 – 2:16 pmI have heard people talk about Client-Server systems. Can you provide some simple background on this concept?
Client-Server design is something you use every day but probably just don’t realize it. In fact you are using it to view this blog entry right now. In its simplest implementaion, somewhere there is a computer that stores information that can be available to other computers. The server that houses the data is called the server because as you might guess it is used to “serve up” the data to one or more other computers which in this case would be known as the client because they are requesting the data. The situation is much like your neighborhood restaurant. The server “serves up” the data, just like the server bringing you a plate of food. You have requested and accept the data, just like a client or customer of the restaurant ordering off a menu. In the everyday computer world the server “servers up” the information you request from a website. To make this happen, of course, takes special types of software on each end of this chain.  Thus you will often hear the terms server software and client software. Now, however, you may have an understanding of what each end of the chain is formatted to handle. Want more help in getting a grip on Client-Server technology, give iNeedTech.com a call.