A thin client is a lightweight computer that is purpose-built for remoting into a server (typically cloud or desktop virtualization environments). It depends heavily on another computer (its server) to fulfill its computational roles. This is different from a conventional desktop PC (fat client),
which is a computer designed to take on these roles by itself. The
specific roles assumed by the server may vary, from hosting a shared set
of virtualized applications, a shared desktop stack or virtual desktop,
to data processing and file storage on the client's or user's behalf.
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