2-tier architecture is a client-server architecture where the server is versatile, meaning it can directly respond to all of the client's resource requests. In 3-tier architecture, however, the server ...

eWEEK 30: Client/server applications were heavily promoted in the 1990s as an effective way to harness the power of PCs connected to corporate networks. But the model just wasn’t scalable.

Servers and clients are the building blocks of computer networks Client-server networking grew in popularity during the 1990s as personal computers became the alternative to mainframe computers.

They all support HTML 5, Javascript, Json, etc. On the server one has server-side Javascript as a viable option, and lots of databases (Mongo, for example).

Intel unveils new architectures for two x86 CPU cores, two data center SoCs, two discrete GPUs and a performance hybrid architecture for client.