client

Pronunciation:		'klIunt
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Matching Terms:		cliency, client to client protocol, client/server, clientage, cliental, client-centered therapy, cliented, clientelage, clientele, client-server, client-server model, clientship
WordNet Dictionary

	Definition:	[n] (computer science) any computer that is hooked up to a computer network [n] someone who pays for goods or services [n] a person who seeks the advice of a lawyer

	Synonyms:	customer, guest, node

	See Also:	attorney-client relation, business relation, buyer, case, computer, computer network, computing device, computing machine, consumer, data processor, disburser, electronic computer, emptor, expender, frequenter, guest, information processing system, john, lawyer-client relation, patron, policyholder, purchaser, reader, shopper, spender, subscriber, taker, vendee, warrantee, whoremaster, whoremonger

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

	Definition:	\Cli"ent\, n. [L. cliens, -emtis, for cluens, one who hears (in relation to his protector), a client, fr. L. cluere to be named or called; akin to Gr. ? to hear, Skr. [,c]ry, and E. loud: cf. F. client. See {Loud}.] 1. (Rom. Antiq.) A citizen who put himself under the protection of a man of distinction and influence, who was called his patron. 2. A dependent; one under the protection of another. I do think they are your friends and clients, And fearful to disturb you. --B. Jonson. 3. (Law) One who consults a legal adviser, or submits his cause to his management.

Computing Dictionary

	Definition:	A computer system or process that requests a service of another computer system or process (a "server") using some kind of protocol and accepts the server's responses. A client is part of a client-server software architecture. For example, a workstation requesting the contents of a file from a file server is a client of the file server.

	See Also:	programming

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