Client/Server Technology

Client/Server technology is very common amongst most infrastructures. Most of you are already familiar or have at least used this technology. This technology consists of at least a client and a server; the two must also have a way of communicating with each other. The client can either host the application and do the processing locally or serve as an interface to an application running from a server, the server either hosts the application and does the processing locally or act as a file store. Either way both are required for the Client/Server technology.
In the environment that I work in, one example of this technology is our Finance system. An application is installed on the local computer while the data lay on the server. When data is centrally managed ensuring that everyone's information is consistent.
When the client serves as an interface to an application located on and processed by a server, the client is called a thin-client. A thin-client does not have a local hard dr...