distributed computing

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

distributed computing
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