In the distributed computing model, problems are solved by a distributed interconnected set of processors.

The client / server model is a computing model that acts as a distributed application which partitions tasks or workloads between the providers of a resource or service, called servers, and service requesters, called clients.

Distributed computing is a field of computer science that studies distributed systems.

Distributed computing also refers to the use of distributed systems to solve computational problems.

In distributed computing, a problem is divided into many tasks, each of which is solved by one or more computers.

The terms " concurrent computing ", " parallel computing ", and " distributed computing " have a lot of overlap, and no clear distinction exists between them.

Parallel computing may be seen as a particular tightly coupled form of distributed computing, and distributed computing may be seen as a loosely coupled form of parallel computing.

* In distributed computing, each processor has its own private memory ( distributed memory ).

The study of distributed computing became its own branch of computer science in the late 1970s and early 1980s.

There are two main reasons for using distributed systems and distributed computing.

Examples of distributed systems and applications of distributed computing include the following:

** Scientific computing, including cluster computing and grid computing and various volunteer computing projects ; see the list of distributed computing projects.

This calculation results in an enthalpy rise which is somewhat high because it assumes a mass flow equally distributed over the plug cross section whereas in reality the mass velocity is expected to be smaller in the regions of higher temperatures.

A study of the distribution of WTV antigen within the pseudophloem cells indicates that it is irregularly distributed in the cytoplasm.

Here no attempt is made, first to determine out-of-pocket or marginal costs and then to superimpose on these costs `` reasonably distributed '' residues of total costs.

Every few days, in the early morning, as the work progressed, twenty men would appear to push it ahead and to shift the plank foundation that distributed its weight widely on the Rotunda pavement, supported as it is by ancient brick vaulting.

Random error is typically assumed to be normally distributed with zero mean and a constant variance.

The separate assumptions of the textbook model imply that the errors are independently, identically, and normally distributed for fixed effects models, that is, that the errors (' s ) are independent and

Blandfordia is the only genus in the family Blandfordiaceae, with four species distributed in eastern Australia.

This terminology is common in many countries, and originated from the " Lex Sempronia Agraria " or " agrarian laws " of Rome in 133 BC, imposed by Tiberius Gracchus, that seized public land ( ager publicus ) used by the rich and distributed it to the poor.

The amount of precipitation is greatest along the coast ( 62 inches / 1, 574 mm ) and evenly distributed through the rest of the state ( about 52 inches / 1, 320 mm ).

Amber is globally distributed, mainly in rocks of Cretaceous age or younger.

One of Alan ’ s most popular and widely distributed works is his manual on preaching, Ars Praedicandi, or The Art of Preaching.

The Ainu were distributed in the northern and central islands of Japan, from Sakhalin island in the north to the Kuril islands and the island of Hokkaidō and Northern Honshū, although some investigators place their former range as throughout Honshū and as far north as the southern tip of the Kamchatka Peninsula in what is now Cape Lopatka.

The largest employer in Aarau is the Canton government, the offices of which are distributed across the entire city at numerous locations.

In orbits, the angular momentum is distributed between the spin of the planet itself and the angular momentum of its orbit:

At the same time, flavored malt beverages are marketed in traditional beer-type bottles and cans and distributed to the alcohol beverage market through beer and malt beverage wholesalers, and their alcohol content is similar to other malt beverages in the 4-6 % alcohol by volume range .</ p >

He also contended that while associative learning, or memorizing ability, is equally distributed among the races, conceptual learning, or synthesizing ability, occurs with significantly greater frequency in Asians than in whites.

However, the problem is being addressed by community organizations and city government: Trees Atlanta, a non-profit organization founded in 1985, has planted and distributed over 75, 000 shade trees in the city, while Atlanta ’ s government has awarded $ 130, 000 in grants to neighborhood groups to plant trees.

3D beading is less common than 2D beading, largely because free 3D beading patterns are not well distributed on the internet.

For example, a body appears to be one thing and yet it is distributed into many parts.

Today shareware is commonly used to mean electronically distributed software from a small developer.

The dragon's treasure is buried with him, in accordance with Beowulf's wishes, rather than distributed to his people, and there is a curse associated with the hoard to ensure that Beowulf's wish is kept.

For racing bikes where the rider is bent over, weight is more evenly distributed between the handlebars and saddle, the hips are flexed, and a narrower and harder saddle is more efficient.

* The Tree of Life: A multi-authored, distributed Internet project containing information about phylogeny and biodiversity.

The Domain Name System ( DNS ) is a hierarchical distributed naming system for computers, services, or any resource connected to the Internet or a private network.

By providing a worldwide, distributed keyword-based redirection service, the Domain Name System is an essential component of the functionality of the Internet.

BIND was widely distributed, especially on Unix systems, and is the dominant DNS software in use on the Internet.

In addition to ARPANET, and its successor, the Internet, other early worldwide computer networks included Usenet and FidoNet from 1980s, both of which were used to support distributed discussion systems.

The availability of high-speed Internet Protocol networks has made the British film industry capable of working closely with U. S. studios as part of globally distributed productions.

Freenet works by storing small encrypted snippets of content distributed on the computers of its users and connecting only through intermediate computers which pass on requests for content and sending them back without knowing the contents of the full file, similar to how routers on the Internet route packets without knowing anything about files — except with caching, a layer of strong encryption, and without reliance on centralized structures.

Some APAs are still active, and some are published as virtual " e-zines ," distributed on the Internet.

GIMPS is registered as Mersenne Research, Inc. Kurowski is Executive Vice President and board director of Mersenne Research Inc. GIMPS is said to be one of the first large scale distributed computing projects over the Internet for research purposes.

The Lightweight Directory Access Protocol ( LDAP ; ) is an application protocol for accessing and maintaining distributed directory information services over an Internet Protocol ( IP ) network.

Since 1997, all newly-found Mersenne primes have been discovered by the “ Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search ” ( GIMPS ), a distributed computing project on the Internet.

A podcast is a series of digital-media files which are distributed over the Internet using syndication feeds for playback on portable media players and computers.

" The rise of such factors as cable television and the Internet have diminished the influence and impact of Mad, although it remains a widely distributed magazine.

Alternatively, where ADSL is available, users can have connections through Telecom Niue's Internet Services located at Alofi through their island wide distributed wireline.

Netscape's initial corporate policy regarding Navigator is interesting, as it claimed that it would make Navigator freely available for non-commercial use in accordance with the notion that Internet software should be distributed for free.

It along with many other al-Qaeda videos is distributed by Arabic jihadist websites as that community relies on the Internet to a high degree to disseminate information to followers.

Charles Franks also founded Distributed Proofreaders ( DP ) in 2000, which allowed the proofreading of scanned texts to be distributed among many volunteers over the Internet.

If there was a net gain, one could in theory use a number of control nodes for which many hosts on the Internet form a distributed computing network completely unawares.

* ZeroC's Internet Communications Engine ( Ice ) distributed computing platform.

There are a number of sites on the Internet that let users download cracks for popular games and applications ( although at the danger of acquiring malicious software that is sometimes distributed via such sites ).

It is distributed on the Internet and also available on all smartphone platforms.

* June 5 – 405 The Movie, the first short film widely distributed on the Internet, is released.

In case of distributed attack or IP header modification ( that depends on the kind of security behavior ) it will fully block the attacked network from Internet, but without system crash.

A distributed database can reside on network servers on the Internet, on corporate intranets or extranets, or on other company networks.