In a client-server environment, an organization's files, and sometimes its applications, are stored not on individual desktop computers but on centralized servers instead.

Technically, a peer-to-peer network can perform client-server functions as a computer provides access to a resource for another computer.

A proxy server is a computer system or router that functions as a relay between client and server. It helps prevent an attacker from invading a private network and is one of several tools used to ...