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Secondly, separating the client from the server allows a wider range of client types to be used to access the database. Valid clients can be the MySQL tools (see [[Introducing the MySQL Tools]]), applications written in other programming languages such as C, C++ or Java, or web based applications developed using languages such as [[PHP Essentials|PHP]] or JSP).
Whilst the advantages of the client-server architecture are clear, it is important to appreciate that there is nothing to prevent both the client and server from running on the same physical computer. The majority of this book will assume that the reader is running both the MySQL client and server components running on the same computer system.