Your client application provides your user interface to
the
MUD server. You access MUD's with
your
client application, a program you run on your computer which takes care of all
communication
with
the MUD server. The client accepts your input and transmits
it across the Internet to the server, and
then receives feedback from the server and displays it on your local computer.
More and more MUD clients are providing multimedia enhancements, including
sounds,
text-to-speech, icons, alerts, and other features. The section on MUD
client
applications provides
more information.