Client

A client is a computer that makes requests to a server in order to get a response.

We can use that response to do things like:

• display a website in a web browser
• download a file from the internet
• send an email
• stream a video
• (really anything else that uses networking, e.g. the internet)

The key thing is that:

• the client sends the request and receives the response
• the server receives the request and sends the response
• (usually)