Definition - What does Client-Server Model mean?
The client-server model is a distributed communication framework of network processes among service requestors, clients and service providers. The client-server connection is established through a network or the Internet.
The client-server model is a core network computing concept also building functionality for email exchange and Web/database access. Web technologies and protocols built around the client-server model are:
Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
Domain Name System (DNS)
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP)
Telnet
Clients include Web browsers, chat applications, and email software, among others. Servers include Web, database, application, chat and email, etc.