Thin Clients
Enterprises interested in saving copious amounts in infrastructure cost sometimes turn to thin clients to achieve their goal. A thin client is any machine that divests itself of all or most local storage and varying levels of RAM and processing power without necessarily giving up all ability to process instructions and data. In the extreme, a thin client resembles a dumb terminal, only displaying graphical user interface output to the monitor and relaying input from the mouse and keyboard back to the server. The primary difference between these ultra-thin clients and dumb terminals is that the clients feature a true network connection and contain enough intelligence to locate the server before turning over processing control.
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