Client-server explains sort of network arrangement in which many workstations utilize a central server. Basically, central hub gives service to networked PCs.

Client: U.S. Census Bureau predictable in 2000 that two out of five households had Internet connection and 51 percent of population had home PC. Client in client-server be any one of those and many other PCs.

Server: Server gets request for service from client. Server then executes requested function. The server shows in many forms has software programs and routers.

Programs: Microsoft Outlook is example of client-server application, works as server, giving access to email to client, Microsoft Outlook user, when he needs to view his email.

Benefits: In school PC labs, PCs network to one PC, where person views activities and controls downloading and other potentially unsafe actions.

Uses: Personal network happens by router in individual's home. It networks two or more PCs together. It permits files on one PC to open on other.