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communication system well-described requirements if other systems or subsystems are going to use its services or communicate with it flexibility right from the start multi-layer system 9.5 - Architectural Patterns complex because it is easy to add new features and because software engineers typically add features without fully understanding a system, which may not have been originally designed to accommodate the features evolution over its life-span a program that allows users to send a message or maintain a conversation with users on another computer in many ways:
A distributed system is divided up into clients and servers
A system is divided up into subsystems
A class is divided up into methods
a prototype layer multiple threads of control that can be concurrently executed to implement concurrent operations, otherwise when the client is waiting for one kind of input, it will not be able to respond to the other kind of input business process layers in order from bottom to top
facilities for transmitting and receiving signals
is a layer that deals with splitting messages into packets and reconstructing messages that are received
a layer that deals with handling ongoing connections with a remote host
a layer that handles various protocols used by application programs such as http
a program that routes messages and can have features such as 'forwarding' that people are familiar with from the telephone network

database system client-server system 3.4 - The Client-Server Architecture any application program that wants to query a database subsystem multiple threads of control that can be concurrently executed to implement concurrent operations, otherwise when the client is waiting for one kind of input, it will not be able to respond to the other kind of input A database management system that responds to requests to query or update the database

email client-server system 3.4 - The Client-Server Architecture programs that read and send email such as Microsoft Outlook, Eudora subsystem multiple threads of control that can be concurrently executed to implement concurrent operations, otherwise when the client is waiting for one kind of input, it will not be able to respond to the other kind of input A post-office program that receives email from remote sites and holds it until an email-reading client is activated and that also forwards outgoing mail from the client to other sites.

fat-client system since more computations are distributed to the clients, better use is made of available computational resources; the server can therefore be smaller or can be made to handle more clients client-server system 3.4 - The Client-Server Architecture subsystem A client-server system in which the client does a large amount of computation multiple threads of control that can be concurrently executed to implement concurrent operations, otherwise when the client is waiting for one kind of input, it will not be able to respond to the other kind of input

network file system client-server system 3.4 - The Client-Server Architecture programs on any computer that access files that happen to be on other computers subsystem multiple threads of control that can be concurrently executed to implement concurrent operations, otherwise when the client is waiting for one kind of input, it will not be able to respond to the other kind of input a program whose main purpose is to allow clients on other computers to access files such as Unix NFS and Novel NetWare

peer-to-peer system client-server system 9.5 - Architectural Patterns subsystem A client-server system in which each program can act as both a client and a server for all the other programs multiple threads of control that can be concurrently executed to implement concurrent operations, otherwise when the client is waiting for one kind of input, it will not be able to respond to the other kind of input each program to function as both a client and a server software components that are distributed over several hosts and that can each be both a server and a client

remote display system client-server system 3.4 - The Client-Server Architecture programs that want to display information on the screen, such as X-Windows subsystem multiple threads of control that can be concurrently executed to implement concurrent operations, otherwise when the client is waiting for one kind of input, it will not be able to respond to the other kind of input a program that manages the screen and allows applications, perhaps running on other computers, to display their output, such as a Unix X-Windows server

thin-client system it is easy to download the client program over the network and to launch it client-server system 3.4 - The Client-Server Architecture subsystem A client-server system in which the client is as small as possible and the server does most of the computation multiple threads of control that can be concurrently executed to implement concurrent operations, otherwise when the client is waiting for one kind of input, it will not be able to respond to the other kind of input

three-tier system client-server system 9.5 - Architectural Patterns subsystem three-tier model of client-server architecture a server which communicates with both a client (usually through the Internet) and with a database (usually within an intranet, for security reasons) and which acts as a client when accessing the database server

transaction-processing system client-server system 3.4 - The Client-Server Architecture programs that send specific requests to perform some kind of transaction, such as debiting a bank account or booking an airline ticket subsystem multiple threads of control that can be concurrently executed to implement concurrent operations, otherwise when the client is waiting for one kind of input, it will not be able to respond to the other kind of input a program that centralizes all the functions of some business and processes transactions when they arrive

world wide web 3.4 - The Client-Server Architecture client-server system browsers that display web pages and post forms, e.g. Netscape Navigator or Microsoft Internet Explorer subsystem multiple threads of control that can be concurrently executed to implement concurrent operations, otherwise when the client is waiting for one kind of input, it will not be able to respond to the other kind of input web servers that manage sets of web pages and CGI programs, and send information to browsers when sent a URL

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Subject	have	design for	have advantage	is a kind of	is a subtopic of	become	is an instance of	undergo	have clients	divide	develop as	has part	has definition	use	automate	allow	contain	have server
communication system	well-described requirements if other systems or subsystems are going to use its services or communicate with it	flexibility right from the start		multi-layer system	9.5 - Architectural Patterns	complex because it is easy to add new features and because software engineers typically add features without fully understanding a system, which may not have been originally designed to accommodate the features		evolution over its life-span	a program that allows users to send a message or maintain a conversation with users on another computer	in many ways: A distributed system is divided up into clients and servers A system is divided up into subsystems A class is divided up into methods	a prototype	layer		multiple threads of control that can be concurrently executed to implement concurrent operations, otherwise when the client is waiting for one kind of input, it will not be able to respond to the other kind of input	business process		layers in order from bottom to top facilities for transmitting and receiving signals is a layer that deals with splitting messages into packets and reconstructing messages that are received a layer that deals with handling ongoing connections with a remote host a layer that handles various protocols used by application programs such as http	a program that routes messages and can have features such as 'forwarding' that people are familiar with from the telephone network
database system				client-server system	3.4 - The Client-Server Architecture				any application program that wants to query a database			subsystem		multiple threads of control that can be concurrently executed to implement concurrent operations, otherwise when the client is waiting for one kind of input, it will not be able to respond to the other kind of input				A database management system that responds to requests to query or update the database
email				client-server system	3.4 - The Client-Server Architecture				programs that read and send email such as Microsoft Outlook, Eudora			subsystem		multiple threads of control that can be concurrently executed to implement concurrent operations, otherwise when the client is waiting for one kind of input, it will not be able to respond to the other kind of input				A post-office program that receives email from remote sites and holds it until an email-reading client is activated and that also forwards outgoing mail from the client to other sites.
fat-client system			since more computations are distributed to the clients, better use is made of available computational resources; the server can therefore be smaller or can be made to handle more clients	client-server system	3.4 - The Client-Server Architecture							subsystem	A client-server system in which the client does a large amount of computation	multiple threads of control that can be concurrently executed to implement concurrent operations, otherwise when the client is waiting for one kind of input, it will not be able to respond to the other kind of input
network file system				client-server system	3.4 - The Client-Server Architecture				programs on any computer that access files that happen to be on other computers			subsystem		multiple threads of control that can be concurrently executed to implement concurrent operations, otherwise when the client is waiting for one kind of input, it will not be able to respond to the other kind of input				a program whose main purpose is to allow clients on other computers to access files such as Unix NFS and Novel NetWare
peer-to-peer system				client-server system	9.5 - Architectural Patterns							subsystem	A client-server system in which each program can act as both a client and a server for all the other programs	multiple threads of control that can be concurrently executed to implement concurrent operations, otherwise when the client is waiting for one kind of input, it will not be able to respond to the other kind of input		each program to function as both a client and a server	software components that are distributed over several hosts and that can each be both a server and a client
remote display system				client-server system	3.4 - The Client-Server Architecture				programs that want to display information on the screen, such as X-Windows			subsystem		multiple threads of control that can be concurrently executed to implement concurrent operations, otherwise when the client is waiting for one kind of input, it will not be able to respond to the other kind of input				a program that manages the screen and allows applications, perhaps running on other computers, to display their output, such as a Unix X-Windows server
thin-client system			it is easy to download the client program over the network and to launch it	client-server system	3.4 - The Client-Server Architecture							subsystem	A client-server system in which the client is as small as possible and the server does most of the computation	multiple threads of control that can be concurrently executed to implement concurrent operations, otherwise when the client is waiting for one kind of input, it will not be able to respond to the other kind of input
three-tier system				client-server system	9.5 - Architectural Patterns							subsystem		three-tier model of client-server architecture			a server which communicates with both a client (usually through the Internet) and with a database (usually within an intranet, for security reasons) and which acts as a client when accessing the database server
transaction-processing system				client-server system	3.4 - The Client-Server Architecture				programs that send specific requests to perform some kind of transaction, such as debiting a bank account or booking an airline ticket			subsystem		multiple threads of control that can be concurrently executed to implement concurrent operations, otherwise when the client is waiting for one kind of input, it will not be able to respond to the other kind of input				a program that centralizes all the functions of some business and processes transactions when they arrive
world wide web					3.4 - The Client-Server Architecture		client-server system		browsers that display web pages and post forms, e.g. Netscape Navigator or Microsoft Internet Explorer			subsystem		multiple threads of control that can be concurrently executed to implement concurrent operations, otherwise when the client is waiting for one kind of input, it will not be able to respond to the other kind of input				web servers that manage sets of web pages and CGI programs, and send information to browsers when sent a URL