ABSTRACT
Client/server computing is by no means a novel concept; it has been around nearly as long as the computer. What is new, however, is how the rise of the World Wide Web (circa 1992) impacted this computing concept. Client/server computing, given this venue, has reached new ground and its popularity is indelibly tied to the astounding success that the Internet has seen. What makes the Web so attractive, in part, is the price — client software is free. Using Netscape’s Communicator or Microsoft’s Internet Explorer (or any other capable browser), one can get a multitude of information on virtually any subject. The information has to be stored somewhere, and, in most cases, it is kept in a relational database management system (RDBMS), with which the browser (translate as client) interacts.
