In a client-server model where ‘n clients’ are sending request or receiving data from ‘m servers’. There are ‘x intermediate servers’ present which re-route the request (coming from Clients) to appropriate server based on the type of request. The intermediate server also returns the response to the client user-interface. What is the role of the intermediate server here?

• A. blackboard
• B. pipe
• C. controller or model
• D. broker