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Distributed Computing - 50 Resources Overview
In general, distributed computing is any computing that involves multiple computers remote from each other that each have a role in a computation problem or information processing. <P> In business enterprises, distributed computing generally has meant putting various steps in business processes at the most efficient places in a network of computers. In the typical transaction using the 3-tier model, user interface processing is done in the PC at the user's location, business processing is done in a remote computer, and database access and processing is done in another computer that provides centralized access for many business processes. Typically, this kind of distributed computing uses the client/server communications model. More recently, distributed computing is used to refer to any large collaboration in which many individual personal computer owners allow some of their computer's processing time to be put at the service of a large problem. The best-known example is the SETI@home project in which individual computer owners can volunteer some of their multitasking processing cycles (while concurrently still using their computer) to the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) project. This computing-intensive problem uses your computer (and thousands of others) to download and search radio telescope data. Publications (38)EDUCAUSE publications address a diverse range of professional challenges in higher education IT, from updates on current developments to explorations of important overarching issues. Listed below are the full range of research, reports and other publications that EDUCAUSE and its members have written about Distributed Computing.
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Stepping away from the distractions of normal routine to meet with peers, share experiences, and learn together can be invaluable. EDUCAUSE places great emphasis on the face-to-face meeting experience, offering you numerous opportunities throughout the year to gather with colleagues - from small regional events and special topic meetings to large, national conferences covering the full spectrum of roles and issues important to higher education. For more information on EDUCAUSE conferences and seminars, please see our Frequently Asked Questions page. Listed below is the full range of presentations EDUCAUSE and its members tagged with Distributed Computing Blogs (4)EDUCAUSE hosts a number of blogs for its members. To view a list of all our blogs, click here.
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