ALL meanings of distributed system
dis·trib·ut·ed sys·tem
D d - noun Technical meaning of distributed system A collection of (probably heterogeneous) automata whose distribution is transparent to the user so that the system appears as one local machine. This is in contrast to a network, where the user is aware that there are several machines, and their location, storage replication, load balancing and functionality is not transparent. Distributed systems usually use some kind of client-server organisation. Distributed systems are considered by some to be the "next wave" of computing. 1
- noun distributed system a computer system in which two or more linked computers can perform independently or jointly 0