Meaning of CLIENT
| Pronunciation: | | 'klIunt
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 WordNet Dictionary |
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- [n] (computer science) any computer that is hooked up to a computer network
- [n] someone who pays for goods or services
- [n] a person who seeks the advice of a lawyer
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CLIENT is a 6 letter word that starts with C. |
| | Synonyms: | | customer, guest, node |
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| | See Also: | | attorney-client relation, business relation, buyer, case, computer, computer network, computing device, computing machine, consumer, data processor, disburser, electronic computer, emptor, expender, frequenter, guest, information processing system, john, lawyer-client relation, patron, policyholder, purchaser, reader, shopper, spender, subscriber, taker, vendee, warrantee, whoremaster, whoremonger | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Cli"ent\, n. [L. cliens, -emtis, for cluens, one who
hears (in relation to his protector), a client, fr. L. cluere
to be named or called; akin to Gr. ? to hear, Skr. [,c]ry,
and E. loud: cf. F. client. See {Loud}.]
1. (Rom. Antiq.) A citizen who put himself under the
protection of a man of distinction and influence, who was
called his patron.
2. A dependent; one under the protection of another.
I do think they are your friends and clients, And
fearful to disturb you. --B. Jonson.
3. (Law) One who consults a legal adviser, or submits his
cause to his management.
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| Computing Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | A computer system or process that requests a service of another computer system or process (a "server") using some kind of protocol and accepts the server's responses. A client is part of a client-server software architecture. For example, a workstation requesting the contents of a file from a file server is a client of the file server. |
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