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+ | ====== Client (Network) ====== | ||
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+ | The [[process]] that requests a service in a [[application|networked application]] is known as the [[client]]. The //client// implements part of an [[application protocol]] that requests a service from a remote [[server]] on behalf of a [[user agent]]. Informally, the term //client// can also refer to the [[end-system]] that makes the request and the human user who implicitly initiates a network request by using the [[user agent]]. | ||
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