Client-Server: What Is It and Are We There Yet?.

Gershenfeld, Nancy

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Publication Date: 1995

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Client-Server: What Is It and Are We There Yet?

Gershenfeld, Nancy

Online, v19 n2 p60-64 Mar-Apr 1995

Discusses client-server architecture in dumb terminals, personal computers, local area networks, and graphical user interfaces. Focuses on functions offered by client personal computers: individualized environments; flexibility in running operating systems; advanced operating system features; multiuser environments; and centralized data management. A sidebar includes information on online services and client-servers (LEXIS-NEXIS, DIALOG, NewsEDGE). (JMV)

Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Computer Interfaces, Computer Networks, Computer Software, Computer System Design, Database Design, Local Area Networks, Microcomputers, Online Searching, Online Vendors, User Needs (Information)

Publication Type: Information Analyses; Book/Product Reviews; Opinion Papers; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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