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distributed systems

British  

plural noun

  1. two or more computers linked by telecommunication, each of which can perform independently

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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To test this, the team created a multimodal artificial network in which spatial and distributed systems competed for "real estate."

From Science Daily Aug. 31, 2026

Alongside Dean, he helped create Google’s distributed systems in the early 2000s and in 2012 he and Dean were recognized by the Association for Computing Machinery for their efforts.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 5, 2026

Now, when he’s not researching programmable network devices that can accelerate distributed systems in data centers, he and Simmons are staying with his mother and figuring out how to reboot a 132-year-old newspaper.

From Seattle Times Aug. 11, 2023

“This research could help figure out where would these distributed systems make sense,” said Totman, who is not involved with the Penn research and is a private-sector executive with Innovyze, a California technology firm.

From Scientific American Mar. 17, 2022

Among the challenges that lie ahead is the integration of these three types of information stores in coherent distributed systems.

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