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distributed function [1 record]

Record 1 2006-03-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Systems Analysis (Information Processing)
DEF

The use of programmable terminals, controllers, and other devices to perform operations that were previously done by the processing unit, such as managing data links, controlling devices, and formatting data.

OBS

"distributed intelligence": deprecated for this meaning in IBM-1, 1981.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Analyse des systèmes informatiques
OBS

répartie : Cette graphie, puisée des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, est attestée dans le Petit Robert (2006).

OBS

Les systèmes informatiques utilisant des terminaux intelligents répartissent le traitement dans la totalité du système plutôt que de le concentrer sur l'ordinateur principal.

Key term(s)
  • fonction repartie
  • intelligence repartie

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Análisis de los sistemas de informática
DEF

Uso de terminales y controladores programables y de otros dispositivos para ejecutar las operaciones hechas anteriormente por la unidad de procesamiento; por ejemplo, administrar los enlaces de datos, controlar los dispositivos y formatear los datos.

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