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client-side Last modified: Monday, September 01, 1997

Occurring on the client side of a client-server system. For example, on the World Wide Web, JavaScript scripts are client-side because they are executed by your browser (the client). In contrast, CGI scripts are server-side because they run on the Web server. Java applets can be either server-side or client-side depending on which computer (the server or the client) executes them.

Client-side scripting and HTML - W3C working draft This specification covers extensions to HTML needed for client-side scripting.