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What is distributed computing?
A field of computer science that studies distributed systems.
What is a distributed system?
A system whose components are located on different networked computers, communicating and coordinating their actions by passing messages to one another.
What are three significant challenges of distributed systems?
Maintaining concurrency of components, overcoming the lack of a global clock, and managing the independent failure of components.
What is a distributed program?
A computer program that runs within a distributed system.
Give examples of distributed systems.
Examples vary from SOA-based systems to massively multiplayer online games to peer-to-peer applications.
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