In the era before web apps, the web was a relatively simple system of hyperlinked documents written in HTML. Click a link on a page and your browser would load a new page based on the referenced URL ...

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Whenever you use an ATM to check your balance or withdraw some money, you are actually participating in a client-server interaction with a computer on your bank's network. A client-server network ...

A computer that runs a website. Using the HTTP protocol, the Web server delivers Web pages to browsers as well as other data files to Web-based applications. The Web server includes the hardware, ...

The vSphere Web Client has gone through some changes that may seem confusing, so here's a quick rundown of where to find the good stuff. With the release of vSphere 5.1, VMware has made a significant ...

Faster webpage loading times play a big part in user experience and SEO, with page load speed a key determining factor for Google’s algorithm. A front-end web developer must decide the best way to ...

I had a front row seat at Microsoft to watch the first two application model transitions. Early mainframe and minicomputer systems were monolithic, with data storage, application code, and terminal ...

With the release of vSphere 5.1, VMware has made a significant change for the everyday virtualization administrator by replacing the traditional desktop client (aka C# Client, VI Client) with a new ...