Client

A computer network diagram of client computers communicating with a server computer via theInternet

A client is a piece of computer hardware or software that accesses a service made available by a server. The server is often (but not always) on another computer system, in which case the client accesses the service by way of a network.^[1] The term applies to programs or devices that are part of a client–server model.

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• 1Overview
• 2Types
  • 2.1Fat
  • 2.2Thin
  • 2.3Hybrid
• 3References