The phrase "a thin client" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used in the context of computing to refer to a lightweight computer that relies on a server for processing and storage.
Example: "In our new office setup, we decided to implement a thin client architecture to reduce hardware costs and improve maintenance efficiency."
Alternatives: "lightweight client" or "minimal client".
A thin client computer is managed and controlled remotely by centrally managed servers, instead of by software on the machine's hard drive, as a PC is operated.
Oracle's Network Computing Architecture NCAA) consists of three tiers a database, an applications server and a thin client (an NC, a cheap PC or, indeed, any appliance with a Java-enabled browser)—all based on Internet standards.
P2P services such as Napster, Gnutella and Aimster allow Internet users to swap music files and other data directly among themselves, but for that they need a powerful computer and a large hard disk not just a "thin client" with a browser.Yet the Internet is already changing PC software and making new kinds of offerings possible.
While base units typically last no more than three or four years, under a thin client approach all of the processing takes place at the server rather than the students' device – in this case a flat screen monitor – and with no moving parts the devices last longer.
Neverware's Juicebox fixes this problem by turning school PCs into a "thin client".
It chose a thin-client approach to replace PCs.
Evidence that thin computing may really be catching on came in July, when Hewlett-Packard announced it would buy Neoware, a thin-client maker.
Shares of Opsware, based in Sunnyvale, Calif., closed on Monday at $14. Hewlett-Packard, of Palo Alto, Calif., also announced that it was buying Neoware, a thin-client computing company, for $16.25 a share, in a deal valued at $334 million.
The new course tries to address the realities of a thin-client set-top.
Smart software from companies like Citrix has helped make it cheaper to maintain a thin-client network.
