AI engineering glossary · Computing foundations
What is client?
Client (also called Client-server model): A computer or program that sends requests to a server and uses the response. A web browser, a mobile app or a Python script calling an API can each be a client.
Client: an example
Your phone's weather app is a client that asks a weather server for today's forecast.
Related terms
More Computing foundations terms
- Clock speed
- Cloud computing
- Code point
- Compiler
- Concurrency
- Container
- Content delivery network
- Context switch
Where you learn it
Client is part of the AI Engineering Program, which teaches it with notes, a hands-on lab and an exam. The first lesson is free.