client-server coding

noun
UK /ˈklaɪənt ˈsɜːvə ˈkəʊdɪŋ/
US /ˈklaɪənt ˈsɜːrvər ˈkoʊdɪŋ/

Client-server coding is writing computer programs where one computer asks for something and another computer gives it.

The students learned client-server coding by making a chat app where phones talk to a central computer.


OTHER MEANINGS

2. Writing the two separate parts of an app: the part users see and the part that stores data.

Her job involves client-server coding, so she builds both the app screen and the database server.

3. Programming where a small program on your device talks to a big program on the internet.

Online games use client-server coding so players can see each other move.

4. The practice of splitting work between a requesting computer and a responding computer.

The team used client-server coding to keep the heavy calculations on the server.