Client-server technology

Client-server technology ensures that tasks and services run in an orderly manner in a network. Computer programmes take care of the distribution of tasks. A distinction is made between clients and servers. The client is a computer program (or device) that runs on the device of the target computer and communicates with the server. The server is a device or program that waits for a request from the client to then execute a specific request from the client. For example, when a website URL is called up in the browser, the client communicates with the web server, sends it a request and, if successful, receives a response from the server and thus the data of the requested website. The requested website is then displayed on the client PC.