Client: A client is commonly referred to as a program or a process that requests information from other programs or processes. A web browser is a good example of a client. Another example would be an email client such as Outlook Express.

 

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Client: A client is commonly referred to as a program or a process that requests information from other programs or processes. A web browser is a good example of a client. Another example would be a . . . View Full Definition

Thin Client: Typically, a Thin Client will have little or no software installed and does not recieve its information through a hard drive but rather from servers in a network. Since a Thin Client assumes . . . View Full Definition

Web Client: When using a web browser to display web pages hosted by a web server, your computer would be acting as a web client.

Client-Server: A network type where every computer is either a server with the role of sharing resources with clients or a client that can access the resources on the server.

Financial Leverage Clientele: Use of debt to increase the expected return on equity. Financial leverage is measured by the ratio of debt to debt plus equity.

Email Client: The software recipients use to read email, such as Outlook Express or Lotus Notes.

Leverage Clientele: A group of shareholders who, because of their personal leverage, seek to invest in corporations that maintain a compatible degree of corporate leverage.

Dividend Clientele: An arrangement under which sponsors of a project agree to contribute as equity any prior dividends received from the project to the extent necessary to cover any cash deficiencies.

Clientele Effect: An adjunct to a futures exchange through which transactions executed on its floor are settled by a process of matching purchases and sales. A clearing organization is also charged with the p . . . View Full Definition

Soft Dollars: Soft dollars are amounts that money managers, including mutual fund managers, pay out of their clients’ accounts to a brokerage firm to cover the cost of research the firm provides as well a . . . View Full Definition