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Client Application

nounid 1835·updated May 9, 2026
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A system entity, usually a computer process acting on behalf of a human user, that makes use of a service provided by a server.

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Classifications

Entity Type

System92%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

plural
Client Applications
possessive
Client Application's
pluralpossessive
Client Applications'

Framework definitions

NISTIR 7298: Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, Revision 21 senseview framework →
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A system entity, usually a computer process acting on behalf of a human user, that makes use of a service provided by a server.
NIST SP 800-321 senseview framework →
§1
A system entity, usually a computer process acting on behalf of a human user, that makes use of a service provided by a server.

Outgoing relationships

No outgoing triples
This term is not the subject of any RDF-style relationship yet.

Incoming relationships

No incoming triples
No other term currently asserts a relationship to this one.