Client / Server computing is emerging as the most
appropriate computing technology in the business world. The similarities
between this computing paradigm and the way today's businesses want to
operate are so clear that a large number of corporations are migrating to
client-server.

Three characteristics set client-server computing apart from the rest of the IT world:
- Division of labor.
Client-server systems divide up the work of computing among many separate machines.
- Network infrastructure.
Given this division of labor, client-server systems rely on networks to weld together disparate computers into a cohesive whole.
- Emphasis on the user.
It provides users with greater latitude in choosing software presentation, and software designers with greater latitude in creating programs that are pretty, readily customized, and modern.



