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Definition[]

Distributed computing deals with hardware and software systems containing more than one processing element, storage element, concurrent processes, or multiple programs, running under a loosely or tightly controlled regime.

Overview[]

In distributed computing, a program is split up into parts that run simultaneously on multiple computers communicating over a network.


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