Question

What is the role of client and server in client/server computing?

Answer 1

The client–server model is a distributed application structure that partitions tasks or workloads between the providers of a resource or service, called servers, and service requesters, called clients.Often clients and servers communicate over a computer network on separate hardware, but both client and server may reside in the same system. A server host runs one or more server programs which share their resources with clients. A client does not share any of its resources, but requests a server's content or service function. Clients therefore initiate communication sessions with servers which await incoming requests. Examples of computer applications that use the client–server model are Email, network printing, and the World Wide Web.

Answer 2

Answer:

In simple terms, Client Server architecture is a model where the client requests some information or resources to the server and the server processes and responds back over the network.

Explanation:

We can take a simple example in browsing a website, the client requests the webpage / index file to the server and the server responds back. For more information, this blog post on client server architecture on web have very simple explanation.

https://codewithrasbin.com/html-for-beginner-course-lesson-1-overview/

Hope this helps.