Features of Client/Server

Question

Specify the features of the Client/Server?

Answer 1

Client/Server model is characterised by the following features:

a) Shared resources
b) Service
c) Asymmetrical protocols
d) Transparency of location
e) Mix-and-match
f) Encapsulation of services
g) Message based exchanges
h) Scalability and Integrity

Client/Server computing is considered as the ultimate ‘Open platform’. It provides the freedom to mix-and-match the components of almost any level. Clients and servers are loosely coupled systems which interact through the message-passing phenomenon.