1. A state that is nominally independent but is actually under the control or influence of a more powerful state
The country became a client state of the empire after the military intervention.
O país tornou-se um estado cliente do império após a intervenção militar.
2. In computing, a system or device that requests services from a server
The client state sends a request to the server for data processing.
O estado cliente envia uma solicitação ao servidor para processamento de dados.