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'''(Purely) Distributed system''' - A hardware and/or software IT system in which various parts of the control and/or processing are controlled by individual controllers/servers/computers throughout the system<ref>http://johnrayworth.info/jsr/_IB_Common/_topic7AssessmentStatements/7.1.7.php</ref>.
'''(Purely) Distributed system''' - A hardware and/or software IT system in which various parts of the control and/or processing are controlled by individual controllers/servers/computers throughout the system<ref>http://johnrayworth.info/jsr/_IB_Common/_topic7AssessmentStatements/7.1.7.php</ref>.
== an important distinction ==
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== Standards ==
== Standards ==

Revision as of 12:58, 8 October 2017

Control[1]

From John Rayworth's excellent site (here):

Centrally controlled system - A hardware and/or software IT system in which all parts of it are controlled by a central controller/server/mainframe[2].

(Purely) Distributed system - A hardware and/or software IT system in which various parts of the control and/or processing are controlled by individual controllers/servers/computers throughout the system[3].

an important distinction

Centralized-Decentralized-and-Distributed-Networks-2017041028.png

Standards

  • Compare a centrally controlled system with a distributed system

References