CLIENT / SERVER TECHNOLOGY

Recently, many organisations have been adopting a form of distributed processing called client / server computing. It can be defined as " a form of shared, or distributed, computing in which tasks and computing power are split between servers and clients (usually workstations or personal computers) Servers store and process data common to users across the enterprise, these data can then be accessed by client system. In this section we will discuss various aspects of client/server technology. But before that, let first look at the characteristics of the traditional computing models and various limitations that led to the client/ server computing.