DISTRIBUTED SYSTEM
\dˈɪstɹɪbjˌuːtɪd sˈɪstəm], \dˈɪstɹɪbjˌuːtɪd sˈɪstəm], \d_ˈɪ_s_t_ɹ_ɪ_b_j_ˌuː_t_ɪ_d s_ˈɪ_s_t_ə_m]\
Definitions of DISTRIBUTED SYSTEM
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A system containing any combination of computers, computer terminals, printers, audio or visual display devices, or telephones interconnected by telecommunications equipment or cables: used to transmit or receive information. (Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2d ed)
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A collection of (probably heterogeneous) automata whosedistribution is transparent to the user so that the systemappears as one local machine. This is in contrast to anetwork, where the user is aware that there are severalmachines, and their location, storage replication, loadbalancing and functionality is not transparent. Distributedsystems usually use some kind of client-server organisation.Distributed systems are considered by some to be the "nextwave" of computing.Distributed Computing Environment is the Open SoftwareFoundation's software architecture for distributed systems. (http://dstc.edu.au/AU/research_news/dist-env.html).
By Denis Howe
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