Fat clients, thin clients, and rich clients

1. Fat Client

Network applications developed in a C/S structureProgramThe client needs to develop dedicated client software for the client. The client is relatively large, and many functions can be implemented on the client to share the burden on the server, which belongs to the fat client type.

 

 

2. thin client

 

For Web applications developed in B/S structure, the client is only a browser, and all business logic is processed by the server. The client is relatively thin, so it is called a thin client.

 

3. Rich clients

A popular development structure, rich client, draws on the advantages of the fat client and thin client: similar to the B/S structure, the browser is used on the client; it has powerful processing functions similar to those in the C/S structure on the client, and rich client applications are also applied to the Web.