• DocumentCode
    998062
  • Title

    What is a "Distributed" Data Processing System?

  • Author

    Enslow, Philip H.

  • Author_Institution
    Georgia Institute of Technology
  • Volume
    11
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    1978
  • Firstpage
    13
  • Lastpage
    21
  • Abstract
    Words have only one purpose in a technical context–the transmission of information. When they fail to do that, they lead to confusion and misunderstanding. "Distributed data processing" and "distributed processing" are two phrases which illustrate that axiom. Like many other words in the lexicon of the computer professional, these have become cliches through over-use, losing much of their original meaning in the process. This paper is an attempt to reverse that trend.
  • Keywords
    Communication system control; Control systems; Data processing; Distributed processing; Hardware; Intelligent networks; Operating systems; System performance;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Computer
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9162
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/C-M.1978.217901
  • Filename
    1646676