Client-server paradigm

Typical network app has two pieces: client and server

Client:

• initiates contact with server (“speaks first”)

• typically requests service from server,

• for Web, client is implemented in browser; for e-mail, in mail reader

Server:

• provides requested service to client

• e.g., Web server sends requested Web page, mail server delivers e-mail

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