Fat vs. Thin Clients
Depends on how much of the application logic resides on the client
- Fat client: (a.k.a., thick client)
- All or most of the application logic
- Thin client:
- Little or no application logic
- Becoming popular because easier to manage, (only the server application logic generally needs to be updated)
- The best example: World Wide Web architecture (uses a two-tier, thin client architecture)