What is a client$/$server network?

Refers to the geometric arrangement of the actual physical organization of the computers and other network devices$)$ in a network.

A model for applications in which the bulk of the back$-$end processing, such as performing a physical search of a database, takes place on a server, while the front$-$end processing, which involves communicating with the users, is handled by the clients.

Occurs when the sending computer divides a message into a number of efficiently sized units called packets, each of which contains the address of the destination computer. $q,$

An intelligent connecting device that examines each packet of data it receives and then decides which way to send it onwitd toward its destination.