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  • 11Distributed computing — is a field of computer science that studies distributed systems. A distributed system consists of multiple autonomous computers that communicate through a computer network. The computers interact with each other in order to achieve a common goal …

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  • 12Distributed operating system — A distributed operating system is the logical aggregation of operating system software over a collection of independent, networked, communicating, and spatially disseminated computational nodes.[1] Individual system nodes each hold a discrete… …

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  • 13Distributed hash table — A distributed hash table (DHT) is a class of a decentralized distributed system that provides a lookup service similar to a hash table; (key, value) pairs are stored in a DHT, and any participating node can efficiently retrieve the value… …

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  • 14Distributed revision control — A distributed revision control system (DRCS), distributed version control or decentralized version control (DVCS) keeps track of software revisions and allows many developers to work on a given project without necessarily being connected to a… …

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  • 15Distributed Systems Technology Centre — DSTC Industry Distributed Computing Research Fate Failed to receive continued funding[1] Founded 1992 Defunct 30 June 2006 Headquarters …

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  • 16System Monitoring — A System Monitor (SM) in systems engineering is a process within a distributed system for collecting and storing state data. Overview The configuration for the system monitor takes two forms: # configuration data for the application itself, and # …

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  • 17Distributed AOP — Aspect Oriented Programming (AOP) presents the principle of the separation of concerns, allowing less interdependence, and more transparency. Thereby, an aspect is a module that encapsulates a crosscutting concern, and it is composed of pointcuts …

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  • 18Distributed Inter-Process Communication — DIPC (Distributed Inter Process Communication) is a software only solution for distributed programming under Linux. DIPC consists of two parts: (1) a kernel part that traps access to UNIX System V IPC mechanisms (shared memory segments, message… …

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  • 19Distributed systems —   Systems that are installed at or near the location where the electricity is used, as opposed to central systems that supply electricity to grids. A residential photovoltaic system is a distributed system.   Solar Electric Glossary …

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  • 20system of macrophages — noun a widely distributed system of free and fixed macrophages derived from bone marrow • Syn: ↑mononuclear phagocyte system, ↑MPS • Hypernyms: ↑system • Part Holonyms: ↑reticuloendothelial system, ↑RES …

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