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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Beatty said that fund one had already distributed 24 cents on the dollar and is expected to hit a dollar in 2026.
At a plaza at the complex, people manning a local relief effort collected donations and distributed essentials such as clothing, bedding, diapers and food to residents displaced by the fire.
The gifts are distributed by local councils, usually to children in care or those in temporary accommodation.
From BBC
Volunteers distributed clothes and lunch boxes at the open-air podium of a nearby mall, while a few people gave out flyers with information about missing people.
From Barron's
While conversations are preliminary, the school is seeking to be more involved in how aid is distributed.
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