This is classic usage of client-server solution, not thin client. Client-server solution (compared to SW running on a single host, that's usually a PC) are used in the following situations.

A few years ago, thin clients were all the rage. Leading the charge was Sun Microsystems, driven perhaps by a disdain for Microsoft, but many others were producing a variety of thin-client products on ...

Tom's mini-PC can surf/stream, comes up short with office apps and doesn't do Windows 11, but is perfectly capable of running a thin-client OS in a VDI setup. In two previous articles I talked about ...

The planned product will technically function as a thin client that access the Windows server terminal services over Microsoft's own remote desktop protocol (RDP) and Citrix's ICA protocol but also ...

Microsoft Corp. is working on two thin-client versions of Windows XP to offer a lower-cost operating system alternative for users of server-centric computing, people familiar with the company’s plans ...