What Is the Client Server Integration System?
Networked programs consist of "client" and "server" components. The server acts as the central location to which the individual programs that run on user computers, or the clients, connect. Integration systems work to make the clients and servers communicate smoothly.
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Clients
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Client programs take many forms. Sometimes they are programs that are designed to specifically connect to a given server system, such as in the case of online games. Other times they are programs with networking capabilities, but are designed to connect with servers in a general, rather than specific, fashion.
Servers
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A server is a centralized location that will accept data from and send data to client programs. The software running on a given server will determine the authentication process for accepting client connections and how clients access server functions.
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Client-Server Integration
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When clients and servers are specifically designed from the beginning to work with one another, the code required for the two to interact is hard coded from the earliest development phases. Integration software, which helps "translate" between the server and the client, is needed for existing client software and existing servers that a developer wants to connect.
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