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Prentice Hall, Inc.
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nSystem wide rules
mean that an operating discipline
for the distributed system has been developed
and is enforced at all times. “Open systems” concept-mix products from vendors using open std. Based on “open-systems” - standardized
interfaces that allow products to inter-operate across multi-vendor networks, e.g., UNIX OS. Define the
communication between nodes, security,
data accessibility, program and file transfers,
and common operating procedures. API’s -
Application program interfaces: define the way to present data to another system component
Attributes of Distributed Systems: What rules or standards are used?