Server-based, thin client computing today takes several forms. Traditionally, thin client solutions revolved around groups of terminal servers running dozens of individual user sessions.

Since everything is managed, stored, and secured in a central server, thin client systems eliminate the issues of installing, updating and patching applications, backing up files, or scanning for ...

A server equipped to support 5 concurrent thin clients could support 50 such thin clients -- not unusual for a typical computer lab -- if the bandwidth were sufficient and if those thin clients ...

Thin clients also run specialised operating systems that are stored in flash memory (rather than on a hard drive) and that communicate with the server, transmitting keystrokes and mouse movements to ...

A client machine that relies on the server to perform the data processing. Either a dedicated thin client terminal or a regular PC with thin client software is used to send keyboard and mouse ...

Enter the thin client — either a repurposed desktop computer or a brand-new terminal device. It has a monitor, keyboard, mouse, CPU, CD-ROM and memory, but its hard drive has been removed. Instead of ...

The city runs server-based Linux applications on thin-client hardware to save money, minimize support headaches, and ease IT budgeting.

Everything old is new again-desktop virtualization moves computing from current fat-client server architecture back to a model similar to times past. What is now device-oriented will become ...

A small server is a useful tool to have that unfortunately wastes a lot of energy. [kekszumquadrat]’s thin client home server is actually a passable LAMP box that doesn’t draw a ton of power.

I have never understood thin clients, primarily since I never worked with them.Here's what I envision doing. This is a fervid dream, filled with love and lust, but hey, it's what keeps me going ...