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I always thought distributed systems weren’t necessarily decentralized systems. Is my understanding of the terminology wrong? For example a system that uses di
by throwaway0255 8y ago
I always thought distributed systems weren’t necessarily decentralized systems. Is my understanding of the terminology wrong?
For example a system that uses distributed algorithms for performance improvements, or a system that is distributed by design and necessity to retain the benefits of redundancy, could be considered both centralized and distributed.
- horsestable 8y ago> I always thought distributed systems weren’t necessarily decentralized systems. Is my understanding of the terminology wrong? This is correct. Distributed is not the same as decentralization.
- bitxbitxbitcoin 8y agoNope. Your understanding is spot on. Mine is the one that's flawed :P.