2-tier architecture is a client-server architecture where the server is versatile, meaning it can directly respond to all of the client's resource requests. In 3-tier architecture, however, the server ...

Thus, the term client is applied (FTP client, email client, etc.) when a program is designed to run on a client computer, and is capable of processing data received from a server. Also, in the case of ...

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.

In this architecture, there is an application running in the client machine which interacts with the server—most commonly, a database management system (see Figure 2). Typically, the client ...

Dave Vellante and Jeff Kelly, broadcasting live from NYC as part of theCUBE interview series, sat down with Jerry Cuomo, IBM Fellow and WebSphere CTO to discuss Mobile Web, Javascript and the trends a ...