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distributed processing Last modified: Sunday, September 01, 1996
Refers to any of a variety of computer systems that use more than one computer, or processor, to run an application. This includes parallel processing, in which a single computer uses more than one CPU to execute programs. More often, however, distributed processing refers to local-area networks (LANs) designed so that a single program can run simultaneously at various sites. Most distributed processing systems contain sophisticated software that detects idle CPUs on the network and parcels out programs to utilize them. Another form of distributed processing involves distributed databases, databases in which the data is stored across two or more computer systems. The database system keeps track of where the data is so that the distributed nature of the database is not apparent to users.
Real-Time and Distributed Systems Research Group Home page of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Real-Time and Distributed Systems Research Group. It contains links to current research projects as well as technical papers. Yahoo!'s distributed computing page Yahoo!'s directory of distributed computing companies and software.	Related Categories Operating Systems Related Terms database management system DCE distributed database local-area network parallel processing Books distributed processing Products Shop by Top Models: Making Globally Distributed Software Development a Success Story: International Conference on Software Process, Icsp 2008 Leipzig, Germany, May 10-11, 2008, Proceedings 1 store offers from $80 - $80 Mohammad Shahidehpour et al - Communication and Control in Electric Power Systems: Applications of Parallel and Distributed Processing Books 2 store offers from $70 - $193 Philip J. Brooke and Richard F. Paige - Practical Distributed Processing 1 store offers from $33 - $33 James L. McClelland and David E. Rumelhart - Explorations in Parallel Distributed Processing: A Handbook of Models, Programs, and Exercises/Book and 2 Disks 1 store offers from $47 - $47 Formal Methods for Distributed Processing: A Survey of Object-Oriented Approaches 1 store offers from $100 - $100