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Client–server model

The client–server model is a form of messaging pattern in a distributed application structure that partitions tasks or workloads between the providers of a resource or service, called servers, and service requesters, called clients. Often clients and servers communicate over a computer network on separate hardware, but both client and server may be on…

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Client and server role

Client and server communication

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Server-side

General concepts

  • Bandwidth Bandwidth (computing)
  • HTTP HyperText Transfer Protocol
  • FTP File Transfer Protocol

Computer security

Client side

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Centralized computing

Comparison with peer-to-peer architecture

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Client–server model

Nodes116
Edges115
Triples36
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.017241
Components1

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Client–server model

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related to Client-host and server-host · 13
Client–server model → An, By, Client-host, Distributed File System, Function, Howard Sturgis, In, James Mitchell, Jay Israel, Separating Data, The, Whereas, Xerox PARC
related to history · 8
Client–server model → An, ARPANET, OS/360, RFC, Stanford Research Institute, This, While, Xerox PARC
is a · 1
Client–server model → form of messaging pattern in a distributed application structure that partitions tasks or workloads between the providers of a resource or service

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server client computer data clients network servers may application resources web requests programs system request service operations model computing server-side

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Client–server modelis aform of messaging pattern in a distributed application structure that partitions tasks or workloads between the providers of a resource or service0.90text
free or commercial web serversinstance ofor insecure.Client and server programs may be commonly available ones0.80text
web browsersinstance ofor insecure.Client and server programs may be commonly available ones0.80text
communicating with each other using standardized protocolsinstance ofor insecure.Client and server programs may be commonly available ones0.80text
maintenance tasks.Computer securityIn a computer security contextinstance ofand non-client-oriented operations0.80text
server-side vulnerabilities or attacks refer to those that occur on a server computer systeminstance ofand non-client-oriented operations0.80text
rather than on the client sideinstance ofand non-client-oriented operations0.80text
or in between the twoinstance ofand non-client-oriented operations0.80text
SETIinstance ofan attacker might break into a server system using vulnerabilities in the underlying operating system and then be able to access database and other files in the same manner as a…0.80text
maintenance tasksinstance ofand non-client-oriented operations0.80text
SETIinstance ofExamplesIn the case of distributed computing projects0.80text
HTTP or FTPinstance offor example according to standard protocols0.80text

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