with the computers connected by a communication network. Each site may have a substantial
degree of independence. Each site in the distributed system is capable of independently processing
user requests that require access to local data as well as it is capable of processing user requests that
require access to remote data stored on other computers in the network. The sites in a distributed
system have agreed to work together so that a user can access any data from anywhere in the network
exactly as if the data are stored at the user’s own site. A distributed database system allows applica-
tions to access various ...
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