client
(1) A user's computer, which is generally a Windows, Mac or Linux desktop or laptop. The term implies that the client machine is connected to a network. Contrast with server. See client application, client download, client/server, thin client and fat client.(2) One end of the spectrum in a request/supply relationship between programs. See X Window and OLE.
(3) The customer of a vendor or consultant. The client of an IT department is the end user.
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client
1. a customer
2. a person who is registered with or receiving services or financial aid from a welfare agency
3. Computing a program or work station that requests data or information from a server
client [′klīยทənt]
(computer science)
A hardware or software entity that requests shared services from a server.
| (programming) | client - A computer system or process that requests a
service of another computer system or process (a "server")
using some kind of protocol and accepts the server's
responses. A client is part of a client-server software
architecture. For example, a workstation requesting the contents of a file from a file server is a client of the file server. |
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