print ▁sc anner , ▁and ▁a ▁dual - screen ▁display . ▁ ▁Pr icing ▁ ▁Sales ▁from ▁the ▁Blo om berg ▁terminal ▁account ▁for ▁more ▁than ▁ 8 5 ▁percent ▁of ▁Blo om berg ▁L . P .' s ▁annual ▁re venue . ▁The ▁financial ▁data ▁vendor ' s ▁propriet ary ▁computer ▁system ▁starts ▁at ▁$ 2 2 , 5 0 0 ▁per ▁user ▁per ▁year . ▁ ▁Architecture ▁▁ ▁The ▁terminal ▁implements ▁a ▁client - server ▁architecture ▁with ▁the ▁server ▁running ▁on ▁a ▁multip ro cess or ▁Unix ▁platform . ▁The ▁client , ▁used ▁by ▁end ▁users ▁to ▁interact ▁with ▁the ▁system , ▁is ▁a ▁Windows ▁application ▁that ▁typically ▁connect s ▁directly ▁through ▁a ▁router ▁provided ▁by ▁Blo om berg ▁and ▁installed ▁on - site . ▁End ▁users ▁can ▁also ▁make ▁use ▁of ▁an ▁extra ▁service ▁( B lo om berg ▁Any where ) ▁to ▁allow ▁the ▁Windows ▁application ▁to ▁connect ▁via ▁internet / IP , ▁or ▁Web ▁access ▁via ▁a ▁Cit rix ▁client . ▁There ▁are ▁also ▁applications ▁that ▁allow ▁mobile ▁access ▁via ▁Android , ▁Black Ber ry , ▁and ▁iOS . ▁The ▁server ▁side ▁of ▁the ▁terminal ▁was ▁originally ▁developed ▁using ▁mostly ▁the ▁programming ▁languages ▁Fort ran ▁and ▁C . ▁Rec ent ▁years ▁have ▁seen ▁a ▁transition ▁towards ▁C ++ ▁and ▁embedded ▁JavaScript ▁on ▁the ▁clients ▁and ▁servers . ▁Also , ▁the ▁usage ▁of ▁languages ▁like ▁Python ▁and ▁Type Script ▁has ▁increased . ▁ ▁Each ▁server ▁machine ▁runs ▁multiple ▁instances ▁of ▁the ▁server ▁process . ▁Using ▁a ▁propriet ary ▁form