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Kanter, Joel.
Understanding Thin-Client/Server Computing / Joel Kanter.
Includes index.
ISBN 1-57231-744-2
1. Client/server computing. I. Title. II. Series.
QA76.9.C55K36 1997
004'.36--dc21 97-31953 CIP
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