client

The user of a service. A Web client requests resources from a Web server, for instance. When the client is an object, it is the sender of messages to its object servers.

In the client/server model of communications, the client is a process that remotely accesses resources of a compute server, such as compute power and large memory capacity.

Any computer system that requests a service of another computer system. A workstation requesting the contents of a file from a file server is a client of the file server. See Thin Client.

A software program that requests services from a server.

A process that sends commands and receives responses. Note that in GridFTP, the client may or may not take part in the actual movement of data.

In networking, a "process" that initiates contact with a "server" process in order to exchange data and perhaps receive a service.

A computer, program or process which makes requests for information from another computer, program or process. Web browsers are client programs. Search engine spiders are (or can be said to behave as) clients.

A program, computer, or process which makes information requests to another computer, process, or program.

A workstation or PC in a client-server architecture; that is, a computer system or process that requests services from and accepts the responses of another computer system or process.

1. In networking, a software application that allows the user to access a service from a server computer, e.g., a server computer on the Internet or a LAN. 2. A computer, e.g., a desktop computer on a LAN, that is so served.