critical components. The first is a multi-user operating system that enables multiple concurrent users to log on and run applications in separate, protected sessions on a single server. The second is a highly efficient computing technology that separates the application's logic from its user interface, so only keystrokes, mouse clicks and screen updates travel the network. As a result, application performance is bandwidth-independent. The third key component, centralized application and client management, enables large computing environments to overcome the critical application deployment challenges of management, access, performance and security. This efficiency enables the latest, most powerful 32-bit applications to be accessed with exceptional performance from existing PCs, Windows-based terminals, network computers.Client/Server computing is a widely used multi - user model. The model consists of fat or fully functional PC's linked to a powerful server. The model provides the power of the PC with the shared resources of a server. Client/Server is based on a distributed environment, which means that "The client/server computer can monitor the available processing time on all computers [across the organization] and distribute tasks among them in order to squeeze the maximum amount of processing from the available resources." The server is used for the storage of data, which is delivered to the clients, where it is processed and manipulated to obtain the desired results.While both of the computing models have a valid role in today's enterprises, it's important to note the differences between them. In the traditional client/server architecture, processing is centered around local execution using fat, powerful hardware components. But with thin client computing approach, users are able to access business-critical applications - including the latest 32-bit Windows-based and Java applications - without requiring them to be downloaded to ...
