Distributed — Distribute Dis*trib ute, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Distributed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Distributing}.] [L. distributus, p. p. of distribuere to divide, distribute; dis + tribuere to assign, give, allot. See {Tribute}.] 1. To divide among several or many;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
distributed — adjective Date: 1968 1. characterized by a statistical distribution of a particular kind < a normally distributed random variable > 2. of, relating to, or being a computer network in which at least some of the processing is done by the individual … New Collegiate Dictionary
Distributed computing — is a field of computer science that studies distributed systems. A distributed system consists of multiple autonomous computers that communicate through a computer network. The computers interact with each other in order to achieve a common goal … Wikipedia
distributed.net — URL distributed.net Type of site volunteer computing Owner Distributed Computing Te … Wikipedia
Distributed source coding — (DSC) is an important problem in information theory and communication. DSC problems regard the compression of multiple correlated information sources that do not communicate with each other.[1] By modeling the correlation between multiple sources … Wikipedia
Distributed cognition — is a theory of psychology developed in the mid 1980s by Edwin Hutchins. Using insights from sociology, cognitive science, and the psychology of Vygotsky (cf activity theory) it emphasizes the social aspects of cognition. It is a framework (not a… … Wikipedia
Distributed constraint optimization — (DCOP or DisCOP) is the distributed analogue to constraint optimization. A DCOP is a problem in which a group of agents must distributedly choose values for a set of variables such that the cost of a set of constraints over the variables is… … Wikipedia
Distributed concurrency control — is the concurrency control of a system distributed over a computer network (Bernstein et al. 1987, Weikum and Vossen 2001). In database systems and transaction processing (transaction management) distributed concurrency control refers primarily… … Wikipedia
Distributed generation — Distributed generation, also called on site generation, dispersed generation, embedded generation, decentralized generation, decentralized energy or distributed energy, generates electricity from many small energy sources. Local wind generator,… … Wikipedia
Distributed.net — (offizieller Name Distributed Computing Technologies, Inc. oder kurz DCTI) ist eine gemeinnützige Organisation mit Sitz in den USA. Ihr Ziel ist es, die Möglichkeiten des verteilten Rechnens weiter zu entwickeln und den Einsatz der entsprechenden … Deutsch Wikipedia
