Compare and contrast the two-tier client-server architecture for traditional DBMSs with the three-tier client-server architecture. Why is the latter architecture more appropriate for the Web?

What will be an ideal response?


Architecture maps quite naturally to the Web with a Web browser acting
as ‘thin’ client and Web server acting as an application server (with database server as third layer).

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What will be an ideal response?

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Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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