Tuesday, November 27, 2007

11/19/07 Class Notes

Mainframe:
systems are built around a single, monolithic computer that is shared by all users on the system

Client/Server: a central server is used to store information that is accessed and acted upon by any number of client machines connected to the server through a network

N-Tier: compartmentalizes different functions of a system into modules that interact with one another

Distributed: is a system of servers, loosely coupled across a dispersed network, that work together to deliver a website

Data Layer: provide fast, reliable access to data needed to run a system
the data layer is responsible for maintaining information about the relationships between data

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