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Figure 14.1

Architecture for a complex application

our test planning and execution of Case Study B because the application is what we call
a “1-tier” application. This term means that although multiple workstations are involved,
each workstation is the same hardware platform running the same version of the applica-
tion software. Figure 14.2 shows the architecture of the Case Study B 1-tier application.

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Figure 14.2

Architecture of a simple 1-tier application