The previous architecture was a proprietary network with PC clients called client-server computing.

之前的结构是个人计算机客户带来的专有网络，那被称为客户机-服务器计算。

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After procedural programming came the era of client-server computing, where there was a notable distinction between data and the client and business logic.

过程编程之后是客户端服务器计算时代。

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Combined with clients of limited capability, cloud computing becomes broadly similar to client-server computing over a LAN using dumb terminals or once-vogue thin clients.

通过综合功能有限的客户机，云计算在很大程度上类似于借助LAN的客户机-服务器计算，使用了哑(dumb)终端或曾经十分流行的瘦客户机。

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Every new technology wave comes with its own catchphrase: distributed computing, client-server, e-business.

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Today, client-server architectures have been replaced by browser-based user Web applications and the cost of computing has fallen dramatically which, along with cloud computing, have made scalability issue quite a different proposition.

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