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client-server

client-server adjective: describes computer software usually comprising a number of client modules, and a server module to which they are connected in some way. The clients make requests of the server; the server processes the requests and returns the results to the appropriate client.

Adjective

client-server (not comparable)

  1. describes computer software usually comprising a number of client modules, and a server module to which they are connected in some way. The clients make requests of the server; the server processes the requests and returns the results to the appropriate client.

Forms of client-server

alternative formclient/server

Questions about client-server

What does client-server mean?
Client-server means describes computer software usually comprising a number of client modules, and a server module to which they are connected in some way. The clients make requests of the server; the server processes the requests and returns the results to the appropriate client.
What part of speech is client-server?
Client-server is an adjective.

Words near client-server in the dictionary

  1. client king
  2. client kings
  3. client service
  4. client state
  5. client states
  6. client-server
  7. client-side
  8. client-side storage
  9. client-side storages
  10. clientage
  11. clientages

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