clients
clients — noun
1. people who pay a professional person or company for help, advice, or other servi
people who pay a professional person or company for help, advice, or other services
The law firm called its clients before the court date changed.
service context: law firm and clients
Reema sent the clients a draft contract after the Monday meeting.
collocation: send clients a draft contract
The designer showed her clients three logo ideas for the new cafe.
When the storm closed the office, clients spoke to advisors by video.
Ada greeted the clients at reception and checked their appointment times.
用法筆記
Often used for people who work with lawyers, designers, accountants, therapists, or agencies. Compared with customer, it usually suggests an ongoing professional relationship rather than a simple one-time purchase.
常見錯誤
2. computers or programs that get data or services from a server on a network
computers or programs that get data or services from a server on a network
The server sends updates to all clients every five seconds.
client-server pattern: server sends updates to clients
During the test, three clients lost connection when the router restarted.
Hundreds of clients stayed connected while the game server was live.
Henrik updated the desktop clients before installing the new server software.
In the school lab, the clients print through one shared server.
- workstation
usually refers only to a physical computer, not a program
- terminal
an older or narrower term for a machine connected to a larger system
- front-end app
focuses on software that requests services from a back-end system
- server
the machine or program that provides the shared data or service
用法筆記
Usually discussed together with a server. A client may be a physical device or a software program, such as a browser or an email app, as long as it asks another machine for data or functions.