In a client/server system, the processing done by an application is typically divided between the client and server. The server is typically a high powered PC that communiacet with the cklients over a local area network (LAN). Where as In a file-handling system, all the processing is done on the client. Although the clients may accesss data that's stored in file on the server, none of the processing is done by th eserver. As a result, a file-handling system isn't a client/server system.