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What is Client/Server

Chapter 45
Handbook of Research on ICTs and Management Systems for Improving Efficiency in Healthcare and Social Care
A communication paradigm between two applications (not necessarily on the same computer) characterized by who is waiting and who starts a communication, and a common communication protocol. The application initiating communication is referred to as the client; the server is the application waiting for the requests. Normally the client application contacts the server by sending a request, then waits and proceeds only after getting the answer. The application server, after receiving a client’s request, performs the necessary computation and sends it a response containing the requested data.
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A Multichannel Framework for Multimedia Content Deployment in E-Health Environments
Crescenzio Gallo (University of Foggia, Italy)
Copyright: © 2013 |Pages: 20
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-3990-4.ch045
Abstract
In this chapter, the authors examine the technical background behind the general problem of multimedia content deployment, and the architectural and technical choices and legal implications to be considered in order to build an effective client/server multimedia content deployment platform. This platform is suited for the implementation and spreading of a series of services, integrated with the Health Information System and the related educational and recreational facilities and support activities. Such infrastructure requires a strong convergence of expertise and innovative technologies to integrate system components and guarantee security, usability, and interoperability as recommended by IHE.
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Chapter 45
A Multichannel Framework for Multimedia Content Deployment in E-Health Environments
A communication paradigm between two applications (not necessarily on the same computer) characterized by who is waiting and who starts a communication, and a common communication protocol. The application initiating communication is referred to as the client; the server is the application waiting for the requests. Normally the client application contacts the server by sending a request, then waits and proceeds only after getting the answer. The application server, after receiving a client's request, performs the necessary computation and sends it a response containing the requested data.
Published in Chapter: A Multichannel Framework for Multimedia Content Deployment in E-Health Environments; From: Handbook of Research on ICTs and Management Systems for Improving Efficiency in Healthcare and Social Care
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Chapter 204
Effectiveness of Web Services: Mobile Agents Approach in E-Commerce System
It is a distributed computing model in which client applications request services from server. Clients and servers typically run on different computers interconnected by a computer network.
Published in Chapter: Effectiveness of Web Services: Mobile Agents Approach in E-Commerce System; From: Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Second Edition
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Chapter 154
Peer-to-Peer Usage Analysis
Client/server describes the relationship between two computer programs in which one program, called the client, makes a service request from another program, called the server, which fulfills the request.
Published in Chapter: Peer-to-Peer Usage Analysis; From: Encyclopedia of Multimedia Technology and Networking, Second Edition
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