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distributed systems

British

plural noun

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

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"That kind of feedback may be important in animal societies, engineered swarms and other distributed systems where the quality of information can rise or fall with audience dynamics."

From Science Daily • Mar. 24, 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

The early internet was all about distributed systems interoperating around open standards.

From The Verge • Dec. 14, 2021

It can also be used to implement distributed systems, or to define and document interfaces between the modules of non-distributed programs.

From Multilingualism on the Web by Lebert, Marie

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