thin clients

Traditional PCs require more power and cooling than thin clients and have a shorter lifespan.

与瘦客户机相比，传统的PC需要更多的电力和更强的冷却系统，寿命更短。

Historically, rich clients are hard to deploy and maintain; on the other hand, the thin clients are not as UI-rich and responsive as the thick/ rich client.

很久以来，部署和维护富客户端比较困难；另一方面，瘦客户端的UI也没有胖/富客户端的UI丰富，而且响应性也不如后者。

When graphical thin clients became popular in the mid-1990s, their use was still largely limited to LANs because of bandwidth requirements.

在20世纪90年代中期，图形化瘦客户机风靡一时，但是由于无法满足带宽需求，它们的应用在很大程度上仍然限制在LAN中。

This section describes several types of thin clients on the market today.

本小节将介绍目前市场上出现的几种类型的瘦客户机。

Puppy is best suited for stand-alone systems used as thin clients.

Puppy最适合充当瘦客户机的独立系统。

For media players or thin clients, however, you could boot from a CD, from a UFD, or over the network.

但是，对于媒体播放器或瘦客户机，您可以从CD、UFE或者通过网络启动。

There are environmental benefits to both cloud computing and the use of thin clients based on Linux.

云计算和使用基于Linux的瘦客户机都可以带来环保效益。

An incremental transmission algorithm based on 3D facet model is given, which is widely used in the central collaborative CAD system with thin clients.

针对集中式协同CAD系统的瘦客户端模式，给出了三维面片模型的增量传输算法。

For embedded Linux engineers and aficionados, one exciting aspect of cloud computing is the sudden interest in thin Linux clients.

对于嵌入式Linux工程师和爱好者，云计算的一个令人兴奋的方面就是它在瘦客户机上的应用。

What is driving the NC is the attraction of a client-server architecture with thin clients.

NC的驱动力是采用瘦客户机的客户机/服务器体系结构。

Attractive as it is, the burning question is whether NCs or thin clients will eventually replace PCs.

它确有吸引力，但紧要的问题是，NC或瘦客户机能否最终取代PC机。

For dedicated thin clients, a server on the local network is required.

对于专用瘦客户机，需要在本地网络上配备一台服务器。

Smart phones often access the cloud through web browsers or thin clients.

智能手机通常通过web浏览器和瘦客户端访问云。

Thin clients that do not offer any write access on local devices, for example offering only Web applications, do not require a backup.

瘦客户机不提供对本地设备的写访问，例如它们可能只提供Web应用程序，所以不需要备份。

Remote authentication schemes, such as Ajax login pages or thin clients running server-hosted X sessions, require special consideration.

远程身份验证方案（例如Ajax登录页面或运行服务器托管的X会话的瘦客户机）需要进行特殊考虑。

Devices running its new Chrome OS operating system, planned for late next year, would act as the thin clients for this new web-based computing world, potentially making them far faster and cheaper than the software-laden PCs of Microsoft.

运行其Chrome OS新操作系统的设备，将会充当基于web的新计算机世界的瘦客户端，有可能比装满桌面软件的微软系统个人电脑更快，更便宜。

Combined with clients of limited capability, cloud computing becomes broadly similar to client-server computing over a LAN using dumb terminals or once-vogue thin clients.

通过综合功能有限的客户机，云计算在很大程度上类似于借助LAN的客户机-服务器计算，使用了哑（dumb）终端或曾经十分流行的瘦客户机。

Figure 10-2 shows thin clients sending requests ( arrows going back and forth ) to Application Server 1.

图 10-2 中,瘦客户端向应用服务器1发送请求 ( 图中的双向箭头 ).

For more information about the WebSphere Application Server environment configuration in the context of security and thin clients, see Resources at the bottom of the article.

要详细了解安全客户端和瘦客户端上下文中的Websphere Application Server环境配置，请参见本文末尾的参考资料。

Beijing is the most customers in the normal range, a little overweight and slants thin clients.

北京顾客大部分是在正常范围之内, 有少量偏胖和偏瘦的顾客.

Netbooks are designed to be used as thin clients, and many have no fans or disk drives.

Netbooks被设计为作为瘦客户机使用，并且大部分都不具备风扇或磁盘驱动。

Many small, lightweight Linux distributions fit the bill, including several designed specifically for thin clients.

许多小型、轻量级Linux发行版都满足需求，包括一些专门为瘦客户机设计的发行版。

In fact, thin clients are expected to be the primary method of accessing the Internet for a majority of people in the world within the next few years.

事实上，在不久的未来，对于大部分人来说，瘦客户机将成为访问Internet的主要手段。

To get cloud computing to work, you need three things: thin clients ( or clients with a thick-thin switch), grid computing, and utility computing.

实现云计算需要三个部分：瘦客户机（或者能够在胖瘦之间切换的客户机）、网格计算和效用计算。