Definition(s)
Client
Organization whose management system is being audited for certification purposes.
Source: ISO/IEC 17021:2011 (E) – Conformity assessment – Requirements for bodies providing audit and certification of management systems . Global Standards
Client
DNV’s contractual partner. It may be the Manufacturer, Purchaser, Operator (User), the Owner or the Contractor.
Source: Verification of Lifting Appliances for the Oil and Gas Industry, DNV-OSS-308, October 2010, Det Norske Veritas AS, Global Standards
Client
Device or application receiving or requesting services or information from a server application [12].
Source: ANSI/ISA–99.00.01–2007, Security for Industrial Automation and Control Systems, Part 1: Terminology, Concepts, and Models, 29 October 2007. National Standard