[klahy-uh
nt] 
| 1. | a person or group that uses the professional advice or services of a lawyer, accountant, advertising agency, architect, etc. |
| 2. | a person who is receiving the benefits, services, etc., of a social welfare agency, a government bureau, etc. |
| 3. | a customer. |
| 4. | anyone under the patronage of another; a dependent. |
| 5. | Computers. a workstation on a network that gains access to central data files, programs, and peripheral devices through a server. |
| 6. | client state. |
| 7. | (in ancient Rome) a plebeian who lived under the patronage of a patrician. |
| 8. | being a regular customer: a client company. |
| 9. | economically, and often militarily, dependent upon a more prosperous, more powerful nation. |
[klahy-en-tl, klahy-uhn-tl] , adjective | client (klī'ənt) Pronunciation Key
A program that runs on a personal computer or workstation connected to a computer network and requests information from a file server. |