distributed
Americanadjective
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Computers.
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being or relating to a network of devices, workstations, etc., in different locations connected by means of one or more other networks, allowing each member to carry out some or all of the management and processing of the shared information.
As computers began to connect across the internet, the CPU evolved from being specifically a central control system to become a node within a distributed network.
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being or relating to a single database shared across such a network, especially one integrating multiple smaller databases.
Back then no one was thinking of distributed databases with hundreds of servers working to keep data consistent across the nodes.
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Linguistics. (in distinctive feature analysis) characterized by relatively extensive contact or constriction between the articulating organs, as the in show in contrast to the in so.
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Statistics. showing a specified type of distribution.
A randomly distributed dominant gene has a prevalence of 75 percent.
Other Word Forms
- undistributed adjective
- well-distributed adjective
Etymology
Origin of distributed
Example Sentences
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From Linux to Netscape Navigator, important software products were written by crowds of volunteers and distributed free to users.
Animals treated with the drug showed clear shifts in how these minerals were distributed throughout the body.
From Science Daily
By contrast, an estate tax is paid by the estate itself before any assets are distributed, although any interest or investment earnings generated after you receive it would be taxable.
From MarketWatch
Recoveries mainly relate to fees for third-party content, such as exchange data, that is distributed directly to customers.
Lisa has also distributed 37 bleeding control kits around Edinburgh - emergency medical packs which can be used to treat severe bleeding.
From BBC
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