Proxy Web Servers and Authentication > Definitions

Roles

Client

Software that will retrieve an entity from a network server.

Server

Software that accepts a request for an entity and return the entity to the client.

Origin Server

The server which holds the original copy of an entity.

Request

The formal process by which a client asks for an entity from a server.

Response

The formal process of a server returning an entity or information about an entity to a client.