Distributed systems
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].
Standards
- Compare a centrally controlled system with a distributed system