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What is a Three-Tier Architecture?

A 3-tier architecture introduces a server between the client and the server. The role of the agent is many fold. It can provide translation services, metering services, or intelligent agent services,as in mapping a request to a number of different servers, collating the results, and returning a single response to the client.

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