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"Distributed" means something other than what you think it does. Dropbox is not a distributed system. In fact it is a good example of a centralised system.
by nicky0 10y ago
"Distributed" means something other than what you think it does. Dropbox is not a distributed system. In fact it is a good example of a centralised system.
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- smilliken 10y ago"Distributed" is, by popular convention, associated with systems that span multiple computers (or even processes on the same computer). "Decentralized" is associated with systems without a central point of failure or control. Git qualifies as both, and Dropbox only qualifies as distributed.
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