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ALL meanings of client

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  • countable noun client A client of a professional person or organization is a person or company that receives a service from them in return for payment. 3
  • noun client a person, company, etc, that seeks the advice of a professional man or woman 3
  • noun client a customer 3
  • noun client a person who is registered with or receiving services or financial aid from a welfare agency 3
  • noun client a program or work station that requests data or information from a server 3
  • noun client a person depending on another's patronage 3
  • noun client a person dependent on another, as for protection or patronage 3
  • noun client a person or company for whom a lawyer, accountant, advertising agency, etc. is acting 3
  • noun client a person served by a social agency 3
  • noun client a nation, state, etc. dependent on another politically, economically, etc. 3
  • noun client a terminal or personal computer that is connected to a server (sense 3) 3
  • noun client A client is a customer. 3
  • noun client a person or group that uses the professional advice or services of a lawyer, accountant, advertising agency, architect, etc. 1
  • noun client a person who is receiving the benefits, services, etc., of a social welfare agency, a government bureau, etc. 1
  • noun client a customer. 1
  • noun client anyone under the patronage of another; a dependent. 1
  • noun client Computers. a computer or an application on a computer that communicates with a remote server: Exit the program before installing the patch to update the client. 1
  • noun client client state. 1
  • noun client (in ancient Rome) a plebeian who lived under the patronage of a patrician. 1
  • adjective client being a regular customer: a client company. 1
  • adjective client economically, and often militarily, dependent upon a more prosperous, more powerful nation. 1
  • noun client A person or organization using the services of a lawyer or other professional person or company. 1
  • abbreviation CLIENT customer 1
  • abbreviation CLIENT computers 1
  • abbreviation CLIENT computers 1
  • noun Definition of client in Technology (programming)   A computer system or process that requests a service of another computer system or process (a "server") using some kind of protocol and accepts the server's responses. A client is part of a client-server software architecture. For example, a workstation requesting the contents of a file from a file server is a client of the file server. 1
  • noun client A customer, a buyer or receiver of goods or services. 0
  • noun client (computing) The role of a computer application or system that requests and/or consumes the services provided by another having the role of server. 0
  • noun client Person who receives help or advice from a professional person (ex. a lawyer, an accountant, a social worker, a psychiatrist, etc). 0
  • noun client (law) A person who employs or retains an attorney to represent him or her in any legal matter, or one who merely divulges confidential matters to an attorney while pursuing professional assistance without subsequently retaining the attorney. 0
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