Measuring thin-client performance using slow-motion benchmarking

ACM Transactions on Computer Systems

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 87-115

  Nieh, Jason ^a   Yang, S Jae ^a   Novik, Naomi ^a,b  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b MC0401 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Client server; Measurement methodology; Multimedia; Thin client computing

Indexed keywords

CLIENT-SERVER; MEASUREMENT METHODOLOGY; THIN-CLIENT COMPUTING;

BENCHMARKING; COMPUTER NETWORKS; GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES; MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS; PERSONAL COMPUTERS; PROBLEM SOLVING; WEBSITES;

CLIENT SERVER COMPUTER SYSTEMS;

EID: 2442545605     PISSN: 07342071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/592637.592640     Document Type: Article

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