The client-server model can be used on the internet as well as on a local area network (LAN). Examples of client-server systems on the internet include web browsers and web servers, FTP clients ...

Looking to the future, some suggest that the "old" client-server model will be the way to meet users expectations and demands. Could Client-Server computing be the follow-on to Web 2.0 technologies?

eWEEK 30: Client/server applications were heavily promoted in the 1990s as an effective way to harness the power of PCs connected to corporate networks. But the model just wasn’t scalable.