This trend could bring us to stateful clients interacting with stateless servers (i.e. a simple database front-end).

这一趋势能带来与无状态服务器相互作用的有状态客户端(例如简单的数据库前端程序)。

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Like coupons, the real money of the model is probably in infrastructure and database management, not owning a dedicated front-end site.

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Front-end applications access the database to display data online.

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Applications act as a front end interface for a user, while the database is where the data is actually stored.

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