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What laid the groundwork for modern distributed systems starting in the mid-1980s?
What laid the groundwork for modern distributed systems starting in the mid-1980s?
- Use of concurrent processes in the 1960s
- Invention of high-speed computer net
- Study of distributed computing in the late 1970s
- Development of powerful microprocessors (correct)
When did the study of distributed computing become its own branch of computer science?
When did the study of distributed computing become its own branch of computer science?
- Late 1970s and early 1980s (correct)
- Late 1980s
- 1960s
- Mid-1980s
What technology began to lay the groundwork for modern distributed systems in the mid-1980s?
What technology began to lay the groundwork for modern distributed systems in the mid-1980s?
- Development of mainframes
- Development of powerful microprocessors
- Invention of high-speed computer net (correct)
- Development of 8-bit machines
What challenge are we facing with the current generation of multicore CPUs?
What challenge are we facing with the current generation of multicore CPUs?
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What is the computing power of the current generation of machines compared to mainframes deployed 30 or 40 years ago?
What is the computing power of the current generation of machines compared to mainframes deployed 30 or 40 years ago?
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