It implies the use of desktop computers interacting with servers in a network in contrast to processing everything in a large centralized mainframe. See client/server.

By the 1990s, "client/server" architecture began to replace terminal access. Client PCs communicated with network servers via the local network rather than terminals hardwired to a central machine.

Army published the Thin/Zero Client Computing Reference Architecture, one of five that directs development of standardized, interoperable, and consistent IT solutions across the Army.

The latest release of the BarcoCim integrated production management system offers a complete computer integrated manufacturing solution for injection moulders. It offers a modular concept with ...