to use a client-server architecture, design and implement a multi-threaded server that allows concurrent clients to search the meaning(s) of a word, add a new word, and remove an existing word.

By explicit, sockets and threads are the lowest level of abstraction for network communication and concurrency.

Architecture

The system will follow a client-server architecture in which multiple clients can connect to a (single) multi-threaded server and perform operations concurrently.

The multi-threaded server implements a thread-per-connection architecture.

Interaction

All communication will take place via sockets based on TCP.

The dictionary entry formats are implemented in JSON.

Functional Requirements

Query the meaning(s) of a given word

Add a new word

Remove an existing word