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I've never heard of that term before... is there a good resource for reading up on federated servers/networks/design (I'm not even sure which of those three ter

I've never heard of that term before... is there a good resource for reading up on federated servers/networks/design (I'm not even sure which of those three terms is the most appropriate here).

mattlutze 12y ago
The StackExchange network is an example of federation. All of the various sites have unique userbases and data sets, with a system for authorizing and trusting a user's identity between the lot of them. Otherwise, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federation_%28information_technology%29 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federation_%28information_techn... for a general discussion.
fanf2 12y ago
Classic examples of federated systems: email, usenet, IRC, Jabber, DNS, BGP.