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Software delivery & architecture · Core

Client-server architecture

Also called: client server

ELI5

A user device asks a central system for work or data.

Used in conversation

“The client-server architecture supports offline caching poorly.”

Definition

A system in which client software requests services or data from a server.

Here “Client-server architecture” means: A system in which client software requests services or data from a server.

Pitch context

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