Explore: Thin Client

In computer networking, a thin client, sometimes called slim client or lean client, is a simple (low-performance) computer that has been optimized for

called a workstation. A thin client is a minimal sort of client. Thin clients use the resources of the host computer. A thin client generally only presents

node which runs some, but not all, applications remotely, as in the thin client computing architecture. Advantages of diskless nodes can include lower

"client" or "thick client," in contrast with "thin client", which describes a computer heavily dependent on a server's applications. A rich client may

service requesters, called clients. Often clients and servers communicate over a computer network on separate hardware, but both client and server may be on

hybrid architecture that incorporates the features of thin-client browser usage with a thick client installation exists in the form of a web-based LIMS

Universal Linux Thin Client, was created in early 2001 by Diego Torres Milano. PXES is a Linux distribution designed to be run on thin clients using PXE; however

Lineo was a thin client and embedded systems company spun out of Caldera Thin Clients by 20 July 1999. Caldera Thin Clients, Inc., had been created as

by companies such as eventual parent Dell. Current products include thin client hardware and software as well as desktop virtualization solutions. Other

Windows Fundamentals for Legacy PCs ("WinFLP") is a thin client release of the Windows NT operating system developed by Microsoft and optimized for older