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Article #72Re: definitions of distributed
From: darrell
Date: Thu, 19 Feb 1987 09:48
Date: Thu, 19 Feb 1987 09:48
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I think all these definitions of distributed systems are missing the point. Everyone seems to be trying to define the term based on the technical requirements. I maintain that it is the functional requirements which are paramount. It seems to me that there are two significant of a distributed system: 1) Users at separate locations can access the system. 2) Users can get some of the functionality of the system even if all remote equipment is non-functional. Requirement (2) means that there must be autonomous processors at separate locations. Implicit in (1) is that there must be some communication between those processors, since otherwise the whole is not *a* system. Requirements that processors not share memory are a technical detail, irrelevant at this level. Frank Adams ihnp4!philabs!pwa-b!mmintl!franka Ashton-Tate 52 Oakland Ave North E. Hartford, CT 06108
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbatt!ucbvax!sdcsvax!darrell From: darrell@sdcsvax.UUCP Newsgroups: mod.os Subject: Re: definitions of distributed Message-ID: <2744@sdcsvax.UCSD.EDU> Date: Thu, 19-Feb-87 04:48:00 EST Article-I.D.: sdcsvax.2744 Posted: Thu Feb 19 04:48:00 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 21-Feb-87 07:27:32 EST Sender: darrell@sdcsvax.UCSD.EDU Organization: Multimate International, E. Hartford, CT. Lines: 20 Approved: mod-os@sdcsvax.uucp