Client-server applications are configured on a network (internet/intranet). Clients send requests to the server for a resource and, in turn, receive responses from the server. A computer that can send such requests for a resource/service is called a client, and the computer that contains the program that provides the requested resource/service to more than one client is called a server. Both clients and servers can be connected through a wired/wireless network protocol:
In the preceding figure, client-server communication can be visualized as a program running on the client machine interacting with another program running on the server machine. This communication through the network involves networking services offered by diverse communication protocols.
In a single processor system, applications can talk to each other through shared memory. The producer...
