Migrating to hierarchical client-server environment from mainframe environment

Migrating to hierarchical client-server environment from mainframe environment

Question No. 1

Although there is no single, well accepted definition of client/server computing, it is generally described as an environment that distributes the application processing between a client and a server. A client is usually conceptualized as a single-user workstation that provides presentation services and appropriate computing, connectivity, and interfaces. The server typically verifies the access rights of the user and provides computing, connectivity and/or database services to one or more clients. A client/server application is one in ~vhich the client and the server share the application ...