The Importance of IS Management

Prentice Hall, Inc.

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Attributes of Distributed Systems: Where is the processing done?

Distributed processing is the ability for more than one interconnected processor to be operating at the same time. Goal: move the appropriate processing as close to the user as possible and to use computers that do part of the job the best. Permits interoperability-capability of different computers using different O.S. on different networks to work together on tasks. Two forms of interoperability (capability for different machines to work together on tasks):

ncommunication between systems

ntwo-way flow between user applications