fat client

fat client definition - telecom
In contrast to a thin client, a fat client possesses considerable resources (e.g., memory, hard drive storage, and processing power) and functionality independent of a server. See also client, client/server, server, and thin client.

Webster's New World Telecom Dictionary Copyright © 2008 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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