17.2 Client–server computing
Distributed systems that are accessed over the Internet are organized as client–server systems. In a client–server system, the user interacts with a program running on their local computer, such as a web browser or app on a mobile device. This interacts with another program running on a remote computer, such as a web server. The remote computer provides services, such as access to web pages, which are available to external clients. This client–server model, as I discussed in Chapter 6, is a general architectural model of an application. It is not restricted to applications distributed across several machines. You can also use it as a logical interaction model where the client and the server run on the same computer. ...
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