Dbms
- 1. Client Server Architecture: A network architecture in which each computer or process on the network is either a client or a server Components: • Clients • Servers • Communication Networks Server Client Clients • Applications that run on computers • Rely on servers for – Files – Devices – Processing power • Example: E-mail client -An application that enables you to send and receive e-mail Server
- 2. • Computers or processes that manage network resources – Disk drives (file servers) – Printers (print servers) – Network traffic (network servers) • Example: Database Server – A computer system that processes database queries Communication Networks Networks Connect Clients and Servers Client–Server Computing • Process takes place – on the server and – on the client
- 3. • Servers – Store and protect data – Process requests from clients • Clients – Make requests Format data on the desktop Application Functions: • Software application functions are separated into three distinct parts