This text provides a comprehensive overview of both the hardware and software issues involved in designing state-of-the-art distributed and parallel computing systems. This book explores computing from the initial stages, covering computing organization, communication and networks, operating systems, client/server architectures, distributed databases, and parallel language design, including Occam and Linda. Each chapter ends with a series of questions.
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This text provides a comprehensive overview of both the hardware and software issues involved in designing state-of-the-art distributed and parallel computing systems. This book explores computing from the initial stages, covering computing organization, communication and networks, operating systems, client/server architectures, distributed databases, and parallel language design, including Occam and Linda. Each chapter ends with a series of questions.
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