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Posted-By: auto-faq 3.1.1.2 Archive-name: client-server-faq Revision: 1.12 1998/08/17 13:15:27 Posting-frequency: Monthly, on the 17th Client/Server Frequently Asked Questions Information about this document Contained below is a list of commonly asked questions in comp.client-server. Before posting a question to comp.client-server, check to see if your question(s) are already answered below. Additional questions (and answers!) may be emailed to lloyd@abs.net. If the question is of general interest, it may be added to the CS-FAQ. Questions that relate to specific client/server implementation issues may be answered in one or more of the books listed in the FAQ. If answers cannot be found there, consider posting your question to comp.client-server. Due to the volume of email I receive, I cannot respond to individual questions. Vendors of client/server products and services are welcome to submit *brief* summaries of their offerings for inclusion in a separate portion of this FAQ. A single paragraph which includes pointers to additional information (www, ftp, email, or voice telephone) is welcome. The most recent (authoritative) version of this FAQ is always available at: http://www.abs.net/~lloyd/csfaq.txt In addition, this FAQ is archived at many sites, including the following. Any site which mirrors "rtfm.mit.edu" should have a current copy as well. If you did not receive the entire posting, please check here: ftp://ftp.uu.net/usenet/news.answers/client-server-faq.Z ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet-by-group/news.answers/client-server-faq -- Lloyd Taylor comp.client-server FAQ maintainer Home Page: <http://www.wp.com/Lloyd.Taylor> Changes since last release: Updated contact info for Talarian
Section Contents
- News Headers
- Table of Contents
- 1.1 What sites carry client-server related material?
- Part 2: Definitions
- 2.1 What is Client-server Computing?
- 2.2 What is a Client process?
- 2.3 What is a Server process?
- 2.4 What is a Two-Tier Architecture?
- 2.5 What is a Three-Tier Architecture?
- 2.6 What is Middleware?
- 2.7 What is Cooperative Processing?
- 2.8 What is Distributed Processing?
- 2.9 What is an "Intranet"?
- Part 3: Client/Server Technical Issues
- 3.1 What are the characteristics of client/server architecture?
- 3.2 What are the different types of servers?
- 3.3 What are the different client/server processing styles?
- 3.4 What is distributed or remote presentation?
- 3.5 What is Remote Data Management?
- 3.6 What is distributed function processing?
- 3.7 What is IBM's System Application Architecture?
- 3.8 What is APPLE's VITAL architecture?
- 3.9 What is Sun's Open Network Computing Architecture?
- 3.10 What is Digital's Network Application System (NAS) architecture?
- 3.11 What is OSF-DCE?
- 3.12 What are Distributed Object Management Systems (DOMS)?
- 3.13 What is CORBA?
- 3.14 What is DAE?
- Part 4: Client/Server Business Issues
- 4.1 Business-Focused Client/Server Architecture
- 4.2. Client/Server Business Application Architectures
- 4.3 Business Drivers
- 4.4 Business Benefits
- 4.5 What does business expect from IT?
- 4.6 What is Business Process Reengineering?
- Part 5: Books on Client/Server Computing
- 5.1 Introductory/Overview Books
- 5.2 Detailed Technical Books
- 5.3 Other Books
- Part 6: Vendor Information
- 6.1 Middleware Vendors
- 6.2 Test Software Vendors
- 6.3 Development Tool Vendors
- 6.4 Other Client/Server Vendors
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