The client-server model

CS 284 (CSA), Spring 2005

The client-server model for design of software involves multiple programs that run cooperatively, often on different networked computers. A server program provides functionality to other programs, known as clients. The web employs this model: for example a web server (such as http://www.stolaf.edu) provides web pages for a browser, i.e., a web client.

rab@stolaf.edu, April 25, 2005