Clients Glossary

Browse 7 clients terms defined in plain English, from the cultural dictionary of computing.

7 Clients Terms

API Client: A program, library, or component that sends requests to an API and handles the returned responses. API clients may be hand-written, generated from a...
Client Cache: Cached data stored on the client side, such as in memory, browser storage, or a mobile app's local database, to avoid refetching the same information...
Client from Hell: A dramatic phrase for a customer, partner, or consuming system that is unusually difficult to work with. In engineering slang, it can refer either to a human...
Client Library: A reusable library that helps an application interact with another service, protocol, or platform by abstracting requests, responses, retries, authentication,...
Client Pool: A managed set of reusable client instances or connections used to communicate with a backend service efficiently. Client pools reduce setup overhead and...
Client SDK: A software development kit provided to help client applications integrate with a service through prebuilt libraries, models, helpers, and examples. Client SDKs...
Thin Client Slang: Informal use of thin client to describe an application that keeps relatively little logic on the client side. In engineering slang, it can be used precisely or...