Online Marketing Glossary: Client

Posted on Jul 25, 2008 in Affiliate Marketing |

Client:

  • A software program that is used to contact and obtain data from a server software program on another computer.  Each client program is designed to work with one or more specific kinds of server programs and each server requires a specific kind of client.

glossary bookOkay, in plain English for those that are not uber geeks, a client is an external program that is powered and contacts the internet.  Some examples: Twhirl is a client for TwitterTrillian is a client for multiple instant messenger services like AIM, Windows Live Messenger (formerly MSN Messenger), and Yahoo! Messenger.  Ya dig?

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Glossary Definition From
ABC’s of Online Marketing by Alexandra Wharton, Issue 22, Revenue Magazine