Servers and clients are the building blocks of computer networks Client-server networking grew in popularity during the 1990s as personal computers became the alternative to mainframe computers.

In peer-to-peer applications, by contrast, virtually all the application logic and information reside on the client, which communicates directly with other clients without server intermediation.

Client/server design skills and expertise are scarce. ... "We're predicting 60 percent of all client/server applications existing today will either be scrapped or rewritten by 2001," said Brown.

Client-server applications emerged with a graphical user interface coupled to a back-end SQL database (frequently Oracle Database or SQL Server).

Often, client-server applications are designed to be accessed from within a local area network, putting up a few barriers to remote access. Similarly, ...

All the most innovative SaaS applications are built on a connected, cloud-native architecture that is a generation apart from the traditional enterprise-centric, client-server model. While it may seem ...

eWEEK 30: Client/server applications were heavily promoted in the 1990s as an effective way to harness the power of PCs connected to corporate networks. But the model just wasn’t scalable.