Today's Featured Article - Thin Client
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A thin client is a computer (client) in client-server architecture networks which has little or no application logic, so it has to depend primarily on the central server for processing activities. The word "thin" refers to the small boot image which such clients typically require - perhaps no more than required to connect to a network and start up a dedicated web browser or "Remote Desktop" connection such as X11, Citrix ICA or Microsoft RDP.
In designing a client-server application, there is a decision to be made as to which parts of the task should be done on the client, and which on the server. This decision can crucially affect the cost of clients and servers, the robustness and security of the application as a whole, and the flexibility of the design to later modification or porting.
One design question is how application-specific the client software should be. Using standardized client software such as a Web browser or X11 display can save on development costs, since one does not need to develop a custom client—but one must accept the limitations of the standard client.
Depending on the outcome of these decisions we might say that we use either a thin client or a thick/fat client (or a mixture of both).
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Very chim.
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i oso dunno wat it's for
i have one sitting on front of me now..............hhmm...................... -
Play around and see what it does....
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Wrong explaination on my side my bad
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Yeah, I guess don't have to understand now but in the future eventually we'll get to understand, no worries about it. Microsoft is moving towards that direction, so are a few other big players, it's more aimed towards corporates really, so far for consumers it's not really necessary. Think if it as a way to save money lah, instead of buying 10 same software to install on 10 different computers, in the future say, the 10 computers can access this same software from a server, hence saving money.
There are other advantages as well, such as convinence. For example, right now you may go to a meeting with your laptop and think, oh shit i left my work files at home. With this technology in the future, you can bring your laptop without the files or programs, and during the meeting, you can access them from the server directly and run them as if it's in your computer. Sort of like, you only take what you need when you need it, your computer is free from being cluttered by all sorts of things.
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Thanks daily, the explanation is much more simpler.
