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" sending changes to Models down to browser clients". _Down_ to the client? He draws the stack with the client on top and the storage at the bottom, and then says 'down to the client'? I have a collegue who also does this. I never figured out why. Can anyone explain possoble reasoning behind this wording?



Because from the client downloads assets and we are more used to thinking about what happens from the client's pov.

Alternatively, it could be for the same reason people usually say they're going "up" to a big city, regardless of the direction of travel. The server is the hub and all the clients are down from it. This possibly dates back to when towns/fortifications were usually located on hills.


Because the client DOWNloads stuff, presumably. To me it makes perfect sense, servers send stuff 'down' to clients, regardless of a stack figure where stuff is arranged otherwise. Those two are orthogonal.




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