{"id":10484,"date":"2011-10-16T06:47:31","date_gmt":"2011-10-16T06:47:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/web-client\/"},"modified":"2011-10-16T06:47:31","modified_gmt":"2011-10-16T06:47:31","slug":"web-client","status":"publish","type":"definition","link":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/24352\/web-client-j2ee","title":{"rendered":"Web Client"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span id=\"what_does_web_client_mean\">What Does Web Client Mean?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The Web client is a client-side component within the Java 2 Platform Enterprise Edition (J2EE), a distributed multi-tiered application model used for building and developing enterprise applications. Client-side components are typically computer applications running on a user&#8217;s computer and connect to a server. These components perform client-side operations as they might need access to information available only on the client side, like user input, or because the server lacks the processing power necessary in such operations.<\/p>\n<p> J2EE is comprised of a client-tier, Web-tier, business-tier, and enterprise information system (EIS)-tier. Components that run on the client side of a machine are client-tier components.<\/p>\n<h2><span id=\"techopedia_explains_web_client\">Techopedia Explains Web Client<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>A client-tier component may be an application or Web client. A Web client contains two parts: dynamic Web pages and the Web browser. Dynamic Web pages are produced by components that run in the Web tier, and a Web browser delivers Web pages received from the server.<\/p>\n<p>A Web client is also known as a thin client because it does not execute heavy-duty operations such as querying databases, performing complex business tasks, or connecting to legacy applications. 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