Client based networks are a further refinement to the concept of a server based network that relieves the heavy burden on the network’s capacity resulting from frequent server performed transactions. A client based network takes better advantage of the server’s powerful processors and of the increasingly powerful computers used in typical workstations. A client based network utilizes a client workstation’s power in processing some functions locally while requesting additional processing from a server whenever it is needed for increased speed.
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| Client Based Computer Network |
Client based network servers process requests from clients and return just the results, rather than sending the original resource to the client to be processed and returned after computations are complete. Client based networks, therefore, take advantage of the powerful processing capabilities of
both the client and the server, as shown in the picture above. This type of arrangement may include application servers (where entire computer programs are shared from the server) and communications servers (where e-mail and other communications media are operated).
