A thin client network is a server based network where the majority, if not all, of the processing is done by the server rather than by the individual client machine(s). Software applications and programs are held and run on the server, and displayed on the client machine. The term thin is derived from the small or 'thin' amount of processing done on the client and this is opposed to a 'fat' client where most of the processing is carried out on the client machine.
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