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What is distributed computing?
What is distributed computing?
A field of computer science that studies distributed systems.
What is a distributed system?
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?
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?
What is a distributed program?
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Give examples of distributed systems.
Give examples of distributed systems.
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