Client/server Computing

allows application development architecture backup Business Machines Corp client/server client/server applications client/server computing COBOL communication components connections data access data management Database Gateway DBMS desktop development tools disk disk mirroring distributed EDA/SQL execution fault-tolerant File System front-end functions handle host IBM's illustrated in Figure integrity International Business Machines LAN Manager layer Macintosh mainframe management software Mbytes memory modules monitor multiple multiprocessing multithreaded Named Pipes NetWare SQL network management network operating system nodes object-oriented OLTP Open Software Foundation organizations performance platforms processors programs protocols provides query requests require routers screen server database SNMP specifications SQL Server SQLBase standard stored procedures SunSoft superservers SVR4 SYBASE TCP/IP transaction processing UI-Atlas UNIX System UNIX System Laboratories update user interface vendors VINES Windows 3.x Windows NT Workbench workstations X/Open