What are client/server networks and who utilises them?

[Elliott]

May I know who uses client networks?

[Colton Abbe]

End-users, known as clients, use a client-server network to access resources such as files, songs, video collections, or other services from a central computer, known as a server.

[Aiden]

Its main goal is to perform exactly what its name implies: serve its customers.

[Ivy Afton]

The division of an application into activities that are carried out on various machines that are connected over a network.

[Connor]

What is its advantage?

[Aiden]

The advantages of a client-server network include:
1. Increased network security
2. More control over network traffic going across the network
3. The ability to observe what each machine is doing and limit specific operations, as well as the amount of data storage available to each.

[Jesse_S]

What are the different types of client-server networks?

[Sven]

There are two types of client-server networks:
a) Peer-to-peer networks
b) Client-server networks

[Aiden]

The client-server architecture allows servers to manage a large number of requests at once by employing a scheduling system to prioritise client communications.

[Colton Abbe]

The client and server are fundamentally different in that the client relies on the server's services, whilst the server approves the client's requests and provides the desired services.

[Aiden]

Clients are not equipped to store and interpret big data sets, whereas servers are.

[Myles Ace]

Client/Server Functions:
1) Get files from the server.
2) Send files to the server.
3) Send files to the server for printing or mailing.
4) Change the server's file and protocol settings.
5) Change the server's working directory.
6) Get directory listings from the server.
7) Delete/copy/rename files on the server.