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ARCHITECTURE CLIENT/SERVEUR [3 records]

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Record 1 2012-02-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Systems Analysis (Information Processing)
CONT

Client/Server technology is a means for separating the functions of an application into two or more distinct parts. The client presents and manipulates data on the desktop computer. The server acts like a mainframe to store and retrieve protected data. Together each machine can perform the duties it is best at.

Key term(s)
  • client-server technology

French

Domaine(s)
  • Analyse des systèmes informatiques
CONT

On appelle client/serveur tout modèle de fonctionnement logiciel dans lequel plusieurs programmes autonomes communiquent entre eux par échanges de messages. Par extension, l'architecture client/serveur définit tout système informatique en rupture avec le modèle site central/terminaux passifs.

Spanish

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Record 2 1996-08-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Internet and Telematics
  • Software
DEF

An application program that works on your behalf to contact a compatible information source, called a server, elsewhere on the network.

CONT

You start a client when you have a question or need some information. You use the client to make specific requests and then stop the program when you've received the needed information or resources.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Internet et télématique
  • Logiciels
DEF

Logiciel permettant d’utiliser un service rendu par un serveur et, dans l'architecture client/serveur, la machine qui utilise un service.

CONT

Les clients sont des processus distants ou locaux qui demandent des informations au serveur.

CONT

[...] lorsqu’un client demande le contenu d’un répertoire, le serveur retourne une liste d’éléments qui contiennent des pointeurs.

Spanish

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Record 3 1994-08-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Life Cycle (Informatics)
  • Systems Analysis (Information Processing)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cycle de vie (Informatique)
  • Analyse des systèmes informatiques
CONT

A la fin mars dernier, Dun & Bradstreet Software(D&BS), dévoilait toute une suite de nouveaux produits et services, qui démontrent son intention de s’engager résolument sur la voie de l'architecture client/serveur.

Spanish

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