API Fundamentals
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Client-Server Architecture
Definition
A computing model that acts as a distributed application structure, partitioning tasks between the providers of a resource/service (the Server) and service requesters (the Client).
Explain Like I'm New
The Client is the customer (your iPhone, a web browser, a smart fridge). The Server is the store manager sitting in an Amazon data center. The Client asks for things, and the Server decides if the Client is allowed to have them.
Real World Example
Playing a multiplayer video game. Your Xbox (the Client) tells the Server 'I shot my gun'. The Server does the math to see if you hit someone, and then tells all the other Xbox Clients 'Player 1 got a hit'.
Common Use Cases
- •Fundamental web knowledge
- •System decoupling
Architecture & Flow
Interactive Example
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Interview Questions
basic
- In a typical web application, which machine is considered the 'Client'?
intermediate
- Why don't we just put the database directly on the Client's machine and skip the server?