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Meaning of distributed computing | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

The process of aggregating the power of several computers to collaboratively run a single computational task in a transparent and coherent way.
uncountable
The use of the idle time of large numbers of networked computers to work on projects too large for any single group.
uncountable

Examples

“SETI is a well-known example of distributed computing, with over five million computer users involved.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

distributed hash table distributed ledger distributed ray tracing distributedness distributee Distributer