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The ArcGIS Mobile application, mobile projects, and mobile map data are centrally managed and deployed using ArcGIS Server. It includes an out-of-the-box, task-centric mobile application for GIS data collection, inspection, and mapping. ArcGIS Mobile includes a set of coarse-grained developer libraries for building custom mobile applications using Microsoft Visual Studio .NET. The ArcGIS Mobile SDK includes a set of developer components, documentation, and code samples that can be used to build focused applications that run on a range of devices (such as Windows Mobile Smartphone, Windows Mobile Pocket PC, Windows CE .NET, and Windows XP and Vista).
The architecture diagram below illustrates how the participating software components are divided into logical layers and physical tiers. Please reference Esri's GIS Dictionary to learn about specific software components and terminology.
