distributed system
SYSTEM WHOSE COMPONENTS ARE LOCATED ON DIFFERENT NETWORKED COMPUTERS
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A collection of (probably heterogeneous) automata whose
distribution is transparent to the user so that the system
appears as one local machine. This is in contrast to a
network, where the user is aware that there are several
machines, and their location, storage replication, load
balancing and functionality is not transparent.
Distributed
systems usually use some kind of
client-server organisation.
Distributed systems are considered by some to be the "next
wave" of
computing.
Distributed Computing Environment is the {
Open Software
Foundation}'s software architecture for
distributed systems.
http://dstc.edu.au/AU/research_news/dist-env.html.
(1994-12-06)