Client/Server distribution and the nature of the client (end user device) itself are important factors in understanding distributed architecture. If the client just features a UI, the server is doing ...

2-tier architecture is a client-server architecture where the server is versatile, meaning it can directly respond to all of the client's resource requests. In 3-tier architecture, however, the server ...

Mobile clients could set a trend towards adoption of a new 2-tier application architecture that talks directly to a cloud-hosted database-as-a-service such as Database.com, cutting out the need ...

The way to structure data for a database, along with the tools provided to allow database administrators to build the logical database layer, is part of the conceptual DBMS schema layer. The ...

Client-serverless has roots in the old-guard, three-tier application architectures that sprung up around PCs and local area networks that connected a client-side GUI to a back-end SQL database.

What is a client-server environment? Numerous applications run in a client-server architecture. This means that client computers (computers forming part of the network) contact a server that provides ...

Google Voice Search, which is a feature of the Google Search app, performs the voice recognition for each query on the client-side, while Apple's Siri processes these requests on the server-side.

REST is one of the most influential ideas in distributed architecture. Here's why it matters and how to understand RESTful services in theory and practice. REST, or Representational State Transfer ...

Kevin Macwan is a Software Development Manager for Amazon, with 9+ years of experience in building distributed cloud platform services. Serverless architecture is no longer the future of computing ...

It offers a modular concept with software modules for machine monitoring, planning and scheduling, quality control and statistical process control, DNC, inventory and spare parts inventory control, ...