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distributed computing
Last modified: Tuesday, May 01, 2001
A type of computing in which different components and objects comprising an application can be located on different computers connected to a network. So, for example, a word processing application might consist of an editor component on one computer, a spell-checker object on a second computer, and a thesaurus on a third computer. In some distributed computing systems, each of the three computers could even be running a different operating system.
One of the requirements of distributed computing is a set of standards that specify how objects communicate with one another. There are currently two chief distributed computing standards: CORBA and DCOM.
10 Questions to Ask Every Storage Management Software Vendor Backup Software. Disk Defragging. Disk Space Quota Management Software. Regardless of what type of storage management product you need for distributed computing, you need to know what you're getting before you decide to get it.
Distributed Computing: An Overview Online tutorial that describes the complex concepts of parallel and distrubuted computer architecture.
