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Client/Server Model of Distributed Processing

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Part of the book series: Informatik-Fachberichte ((INFORMATIK,volume 95))

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The client/server model of distributed computing is a structuring concept which can be identified in many different distributed systems. Clients and servers are active modules communicating through messages. Systems composed of server machines and personal workstations as their clients exemplify this concept. The paper focuses mainly on two issues: server design and communication protocols. File servers are used as an example in the server design overview. The communication issues are discussed in the framework of the OSI Reference Model and protocols.

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Svobodova, L. (1985). Client/Server Model of Distributed Processing. In: Heger, D., Krüger, G., Spaniol, O., Zorn, W. (eds) Kommunikation in Verteilten Systemen I. Informatik-Fachberichte, vol 95. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-70285-3_29

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