A technology developed by Citrix Systems that turns
Windows NT into a
multi-user operating system. Together with another Citrix technology called
ICA, WinFrame enables a Windows NT
server to function like a
minicomputer. The result is that network users on non-Windows machines (e.g.,
Macintoshes,
DOS systems, and
UNIX machines) can run Windows applications. The actual applications are executed on the
WinFrame Application Server; the
client machines are just
terminals, used only for entering user input and displaying application output.
The ICA protocol is responsible for sending input and output between the client machines and the WinFrame server. Conceptually, the protocol is similar to X-Window, which serves the same purpose for UNIX systems.
