I had a front row seat at Microsoft to watch the first two application model transitions. Early mainframe and minicomputer systems were monolithic, with data storage, application code, and terminal ...

Application sharing between a client, middleware and enterprise server Application sharing between a client, application server and enterprise database server.

In-Depth Application servers come into focus By Jason J. Meserve June 19, 2001 Three-tier and multi-tier computing has been a goal dating back to the first Client/ Server Age. As client/ server ...

An architecture in which the user's PC or mobile device (the client) is the requesting machine and the server is the supplying machine, both of which are connected via a local area network (LAN) or a ...

There's been a shift in the enterprise Java community when it comes to what has commonly been referred to as an "application server." What was an application server? Historically, when an enterprise ...

A development system used to create applications for a client/server environment. A comprehensive system generally includes a GUI builder for creating the user interface, a fourth-generation language ...

Chances are good that the average reader thinks a Java application server basically provides an implementation of the servlet specification, probably an implementation of JavaServer Pages, and perhaps ...

A web application is a client-server program that uses the web browser to run the client side. Typical web applications include online web mail, online banking, online shopping, and others. The client ...

When Microsoft started talking about the direction of Windows Server, a confusing term started showing up: client. If you were writing a server application, said Microsoft distinguished engineer ...