Multiple choice technology web technology

What is a thin-client application?

  1. A browser that uses a plug-in to process user data.

  2. A distributed application where the client program does not process data, but instead passes data for processing to an enterprise bean running on an application server.

  3. An application that cannot be stopped by a firewall.

  4. An application compiled with the -thin option of the javac command.

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B Correct answer
Explanation

A thin-client application is one where the bulk of the processing occurs on the server. The client is primarily responsible for the user interface and passing data to the server-side components (like enterprise beans) for logic execution.