You and your drug dealer are not computer programs operating over a socket. You are using a different definition of "client" to mean "purchaser". You may find that to be a useful description in that context but in a computer context it sounds like you are being intentionally vague.
Re:X and NeWS history
by DonHopkins on Monday September 25, 2017 @05:48PM
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I thought I was being intentionally pretty specific that client/server relationships can go both ways, at the same time, regardless of which side initiated the connection. Once you have a connection, no matter which side initiated it, or even if they both just randomly met in Linda tuple space like ships in the night, each side can offer services to and consume services from each other.
For example, whether you weed dealer "Dave" calls you on the phone and tells you he can drop by if you're interested, or if you call "Dave" and ask him to drop by, "Dave" is still the server, and you're still the client.