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FIGURE 7.21: Architecture for online translation in a distributed environ-
ment.
(a) Preventing unauthorized use or theft—computers may report loca-
tions either using GPS positioning or their locations can be tracked
down using IP addresses and proximities to other servers in the net-
work.
(b) Monitoring usage of resources on the computers, e.g., CPUs, GPUs,
disks. If there are several subsidiaries of an international company,
this may lead to optimization of assignment of resources to par-
ticular subsidiaries. It should be noted that a similar solution was
proposed by the author in [62] ...