What is a thin client? A thin client, or lean client, is a type of computer that relies entirely on its network connection to accomplish tasks. A typical laptop or desktop PC—otherwise known as a ...

What does client computing actually mean? Find out inside PCMag's comprehensive tech and computer-related encyclopedia.

A client is a piece of computer hardware or software that accesses a service made available by a server. The server is often (but not always) on another computer system, in which case the client ...

Thin client technology has come of age and can help boost security and trim IT costs, according to a panel of users. With the PC now 25 years old, a number of competing technologies - such as thin ...

I've been following the evolution of client-side computing off and on for over 20 years. Remember ASCII terminals? Green screens? Beehives? X terminals? If you do, they're most likely dimming ...

The Global Thin Client Market, valued at approximately USD 1.60 billion in 2022, is anticipated to grow with a healthy growth rate of more than 4.8% over the forecast period from 2023 to 2030. Thin ...

Server-based, thin client computing today takes several forms. Traditionally, thin client solutions revolved around groups of terminal servers running dozens of individual user sessions.

One notable trend in client virtualization, as manufacturers shift more computing power to the data center, is the decreasing size and complexity of thin clients.

The world of distributed cloud-client computing is also the world of internet of things sensors, of blockchain-powered contractual currency and ubiquitous machine intelligence.

Thin client computing might seem like a relic of the past decade, eclipsed by a new wave of mobile devices. But Tom Flynn, chief technologist for thin computing at HP, begs to differ. In this week ...