CLIENT in SAP

• CLIENT is the topmost hierarchy in SAP database
• Client dependent tables will have field of data type MANDT
• Each function module in SAP is assigned to aclient
• The object developed by the developer is stored in a package and request number and finally saved under a client number assigned  for particular module

CLIENT / Server Concept

SAP follows client server architecture. 

Client requests for some information from the server by passing some data. Server serves/ sends the information requested from the client. This network topology is called client / server architecture.