Taber's Medical Dictionary
fat client
A computer within a network that has its own disc drive and relies little on the central server.
SEE: thin client
fat clientis the Taber's Online Word of the day!
Citation
Venes, Donald, editor. "Fat Client." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 25th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2025. Taber's Online, www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/737933/all/fat client.
Fat client. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/737933/all/fat client. Accessed September 15, 2026.
Fat client. (2025). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (25th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/737933/all/fat client
Fat Client [Internet]. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. [cited 2026 September 15]. Available from: https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/737933/all/fat client.
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