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* There can be a linkage or hierarchy of multiple Clients of Servers, in which the Clients are in turn Servers to other Clients. | * There can be a linkage or hierarchy of multiple Clients of Servers, in which the Clients are in turn Servers to other Clients. | ||
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Revision as of 09:54, 26 June 2005
- See Green Screen
- This is a GUI (Graphical User Interface} for using Microsoft Windows to access AS/400.
- IBM frequently made improvements in this interface, and changed the name to reflect the new and imporved reality.
- This happened so often that people could get lost figuring out what is now the official name.
- Before Client Access there was PC whatever.
- After Client Access there was iSeries Access.
What is Client Access Infrastructure ?
What is Client / Server ?
- Client is the computing resource that is USING some resource provided by a Server.
- Server is the computing resource that is PROVIDING some resource to Clients.
- There can be a linkage or hierarchy of multiple Clients of Servers, in which the Clients are in turn Servers to other Clients.
Client/Server Computing is NOT
- It is NOT some specific software.
- It is NOT some specific hardware.
- It is NOT a solution for all applications.
