An Introduction to Distributed and Parallel Computing |
Contents
COMMUNICATIONS AND COMPUTER NETWORKS | 3 |
COMPUTER ORGANIZATION FOR PARALLEL | 15 |
OPERATING SYSTEMS FOR DISTRIBUTED | 98 |
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agent process algorithm allocated allows applications architecture area networks atomic transactions channel Chapter client client-server command computer network concurrent copies data areas data items data structure data-flow distributed computing distributed database system distributed operating system environment example execution facility Figure file server filing system frequency function handled hardware host implemented input instruction interface interprocess communication involves kernel layer local area networks lock memory module message passing MIMD multiple multiprocessor name server node operands packet parallel computing parallel language perform port printer server procedure call processing elements processors programming language protocol query receive relation remote remote procedure call request semijoin sequence shared signal SIMD slots stations storage stored switching synchronization Tanenbaum task technique terminal transmission transmit tuple update user process variable wide area networks