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Servers and clients are the building blocks of computer networks Client-server networking grew in popularity during the 1990s ...

Peer-to-peer applications are best explained by contrasting with client/server. In client/server applications, like Lotus Notes, clients communicate with each other, but must first connect with the ...

I'm starting to write a helpdesk application in C#. My original goal is to write a client in C#, and the server in C# connected to a postgresql database. <BR><BR>My basic architecture is ...

In a client-server environment, an organization's files, and sometimes its applications, are stored not on individual desktop computers but on centralized servers instead. That "client-server" ...

I had a front row seat at Microsoft to watch the first two application model transitions. Early mainframe and minicomputer systems were monolithic, with data storage, application code, and terminal ...

My apologies for the earlier drama...<BR><BR>I would appreciate it if anyone could provide references for best practices in implementing security models in client/server applications. I am primarily ...

As the Windows client environment has become richer and more powerful over the years, it has become more difficult to manage. Even on a stable and reliable version of Windows--meaning Windows 2000 or ...