Client-Server Setup

MUDs are client-server applications, and multimedia facilities like World Wide Web are also client-server. Following picture displays the possible dialogue which could take place between a MUD client and a multimedia server. This is of course simplified alot, but it shows the basics behind it.

[Picture of a client-server architecture]

Observations:

The client has a certain "state" to be kept and for security reasons it may be needed for the server to keep a "state" also.
The communication works "on demand".
The above scheme does not include the multi-user aspect of MUDs.