Architectural Patterns

Client/server architecture

This pattern segregates the system into two main applications, where the client makes requests to the server. In many cases, the server is a database with application logic represented as stored procedures. This pattern helps to design distributed systems that involve a client system and a server system and a connecting network. The simplest form of client/server architecture involves a server application that is accessed directly by multiple clients. This is referred to as a two-tier architecture application. Web and application servers play the server role in order to receive client requests, process them, and send the responses back to the clients. The following figure is the pictorial representation of the client/server ...