Definition of clients Clients

/klajˈʌnts/ - [klayunts] -

We found 3 definitions of clients from 2 different sources.

What does clients mean?

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Noun Plural: clients
client - a person who seeks the advice of a lawyer
		case a portable container for carrying several objects; "the musicians left their instrument cases backstage"
		attorney-client relation, lawyer-client relation the responsibility of a lawyer to act in the best interests of the client
client - someone who pays for goods or services
		customer
		consumer a person who uses goods or services
		business relation a relation between different business enterprises
		buyer, emptor, purchaser, vendee a person who buys
		guest a visitor to whom hospitality is extended
		frequenter, patron a regular customer
		policyholder a person who holds an insurance policy; usually, the client in whose name an insurance policy is written
		shopper someone who visits stores in search of articles to buy
		disburser, expender, spender someone who spends money to purchase goods or services
		subscriber, reader someone who contributes (or promises to contribute) a sum of money
		taker one who takes a bet or wager
		warrantee a customer to whom a warrant or guarantee is given
client - (computer science) any computer that is hooked up to a computer network
		node, guest
		computing device, computing machine, data processor, electronic computer, information processing system, computer a machine for performing calculations automatically
		computer network (computer science) a network of computers

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client (Noun)
A customer, a buyer or receiver of goods or services.
client (Noun)
The role of a computer application or system that requests and/or consumes the services provided by another having the role of server.
client (Noun)
Person who receives help or advice from a professional person ex. a lawyer, an accountant, a social worker, a psychiatrist, etc.
client (Noun)
A person who employs or retains an attorney to represent him or her in any legal matter, or one who merely divulges confidential matters to an attorney while pursuing professional assistance without subsequently retaining the attorney.

client (n.)
A citizen who put himself under the protection of a man of distinction and influence, who was called his patron.
client (n.)
A dependent; one under the protection of another.
client (n.)
One who consults a legal adviser, or submits his cause to his management.

client
Someone who pays for goods or services.
client
An application or system that accesses a remote service on another computer system, known as a server, by way of a network.

client
klī′ent, n. one who employs a lawyer: a dependent.—n. Clī′entage, the whole number of one's clients: the client's relation to the patron.—adj. Clīent′al.—ns. Clī′entele, a following: the whole connection of a lawyer, shopkeeper, &c.; Clī′entship. [L. cliens, for cluens, one who hears or listens (to advice), from cluēre, to hear.]

In net jargon (words people use about the Internet) a client is a computer used by a user to connect to a network and make requests to servers. For example, a web browser is a client software.