client

n 1: a person who seeks the advice of a lawyer

2: someone who pays for goods or services [syn: {customer}]

3: (computer science) any computer that is hooked up to a

computer network [syn: {node}, {guest}]

client

A computer system or process that requests a

service of another computer system or process (a "{server}")

using some kind of {protocol} and accepts the server's

responses. A client is part of a {client-server} software

architecture.

For example, a {workstation} requesting the contents of a file

from a {file server} is a client of the file server.

(1997-10-27)