Web - based vs. Client - Server

[mikeshn]

What is difference between web-based application and client-server application ?

Thanks

 

[BoberFett]

Web-based is a type of client-server.

Client-server refers to software written so that logic occurs on the server and the resulting data is passed to the client. This is done to conserve network bandwidth, which is generally the bottleneck in computer systems. Rather than pass a huge data set to the client where the client can pick out the few things it wants, sift through the huge amount of data on the server, then just pass back only the information the client needs.

Web-based is just one way to transfer the data to the client. It could be done through a thin front end program of any sort. A browser is just a convenient way to present the data due to it's cross platform abilities.