September 06, 2022

Client

Client

What is Client?

A client can be a single application or an entire system that uses a server’s services. A client can connect to a server using several methods such as domain sockets, named pipes, shared memory, or Internet protocols, which is the most often used technique since the Internet’s widespread acceptance.

Understanding Client

Clients are divided into three categories:
Thin Client: A client application with few functions that uses the resources given by a host machine and is usually just responsible for displaying server-processed results. It simply outsources most or all of its processing to a server.
Thick/Fat Client: The inverse of the thin client. It can perform most of its work without the need for a central server, but it may need to connect to one for some information, uploading, or updating data or the program itself. Anti-virus software falls into this category because it does not require a connection to a server to function, yet it must connect on a regular basis to download new viruses.

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Damir is the team leader, product manager, and editor at Metaverse Post, covering topics such as AI/ML, AGI, LLMs, Metaverse, and Web3-related fields. His articles attract a massive audience of over a million users every month. He appears to be an expert with 10 years of experience in SEO and digital marketing. Damir has been mentioned in Mashable, Wired, Cointelegraph, The New Yorker, Inside.com, Entrepreneur, BeInCrypto, and other publications. He travels between the UAE, Turkey, Russia, and the CIS as a digital nomad. Damir earned a bachelor's degree in physics, which he believes has given him the critical thinking skills needed to be successful in the ever-changing landscape of the internet. 

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