a client-server system is one in which a powerful main computer provides information to several smaller computers :
• Client-server networks offer efficient shared access to network resources.
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client-server UK US (also client/server) /ˌklaɪəntˈsɜːvər/ adjective [before noun]
► IT using or consisting of several computers which are connected to a server (= large central computer) from which they get information: »
client-server systems/applications/networks
Financial and business terms. 2012.