In an ERP application what is the difference between thin client and fat client. Need detailed difference.
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Thin client:
Compare it to using google.
Google has this big database containing information about mostly any webpage.
You only have IE (or a similar product).
Yet you are able to use all the data + the queries on the google servers. It does not cost you any computing power.
If you had to have the database on your computer and make your computer sweat to search for the correct pages it'd be fat client.
I hope I am making sense to you LOL.
In an ERP app:
If you want to look up clientinformation on a thin client you'd give the request to the server and be given the information without requiring computing on your end.
In a fat client environment you'd have to do computing on your own box.
You mostly see solutions in between. You'd have an application running that will do some computing but the database is on a server.
I am getting the faintest idea I am repeating myself now though so I'll stop spamming this topic then.
Hope you have your answer.
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by: kneHPosted on 2005-01-24 at 04:21:41ID: 13120566
A fat client has a processor capable of doing the work. Memory to use, lots of HDD space etc.
Like a desktop PC.
A thin client is stripped down because all of the computing will be done on a server. (like a terminal)
Basically it.
To get more info look here
www.winterm.com
www.citrix.com