The Use of Multiple Computers Linked by a Communications Network

question 81

Multiple Choice

The use of multiple computers linked by a communications network for processing is called:

• A) grid computing.
• B) distributed processing.
• C) client/server computing.
• D) centralized processing.
• E) supercomputing.

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Definitions:

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