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Distributed Architecture
Objectives of this Chapter
• Introduce the client-server and multi-tier architectures
• Introduce the invocation and message broker architectures
• Introduce the service-oriented architecture
10.1 Overview
A distributed system is a collection of computational and storage devices connected through a communications network. In this type of system, data, software, and users are distributed. The subsystems or components within a distributed system communicate with each other using a number of methods including message passing, remote procedure calls, and remote method invocation. Two important elements of designing ...
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