The following is a list of terms and their descriptions that you may find helpful while reading the RPC Broker documentation:
Client A single term used interchangeably to refer to a user, the workstation (i.e., PC), and the portion of the program that runs on the workstation.
Component A software object that contains data and code. A component may or may not be visible.
For a more detailed description, see the Borland Delphi for Windows User Guide.
GUI The Graphical User Interface application that is developed for the client workstation.
Host The term Host is used interchangeably with the term Server.
Server The computer where the data and the RPC Broker remote procedure calls reside.