A distributed computer system consists of multiple software components that are on multiple computers, but run as a single system. The computers that are in a distributed system can be physically close together and connected by a local network, or they can be geographically distant and connected by a wide area network. (Source: IBM) Models of distributed computing have been classified into five categories: 1. Minicomputer model, 2. Workstation model, 3. Workstation-server model, 4. Processor-pool model, 5.Hybrid model.
A distributed computer system consists of multiple software components that are on multiple computers, but run as a single system. The computers that are in a distributed system can be physically close together and connected by a local network, or they can be geographically distant and connected by a wide area network. (Source: IBM)
Models of distributed computing have been classified into five categories: 1. Minicomputer model, 2. Workstation model, 3. Workstation-server model, 4. Processor-pool model, 5.Hybrid model.
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