group of processes‚ usually in such a way that the membership of the group is transparent to the sender. E.g. Sending an e-mail message to a mailing list‚ teleconferencing and videoconferencing. Multicast messages provide a useful infrastructure for constructing distributed systems with the following characteristics: 1. Fault tolerance based on replicated services: client requests are multicast to all the members of the group‚ each of which
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Muzenda Reg-Number: C097720Q Course : CUIT 406 Distributed System Lecturer: Mr. A. Gamundani Assignment: 1 Due Date:
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January 15‚ 2013 Angelus Vincent P. Guilalas 1. What Software Development? MCPE 226 Distributed Software Development Ans. Software development also known as application development‚ software design‚ designing software‚ software application development‚ enterprise application development‚ or platform development. The term "software development" may be used to refer to the activity of computer programming‚ which is the process of writing and maintaining the source code‚ but in a broader sense
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Principles of Distributed Database Systems M. Tamer Özsu • Patrick Valduriez Principles of Distributed Database Systems Third Edition M. Tamer Özsu David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science University of Waterloo Waterloo Ontario Canada N2L 3G1 Tamer.Ozsu@uwaterloo.ca Patrick Valduriez INRIA LIRMM 161 rue Ada 34392 Montpellier Cedex France Patrick.Valduriez@inria.fr This book was previously published by: Pearson Education‚ Inc. ISBN 978-1-4419-8833-1 e-ISBN
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Geoffrey Banks POS/355 Paul Rouk April 15‚ 2013 Distributed Systems According to Andrew Tanenbaum “A distributed system is a collection of computers that appear to its users as a single coherent system.” (http://www.cs.helsinki.fi/u/alanko/hj/K06/kalvokopiot/ch1_p6.pdf) Almost every current company uses distributed systems connected to servers and even larger databases. Each of these companies connects their organization and its information through local area networks also connected through
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Distributed Leadership Framework in Schools: Towards Maximizing Performance in Building Partnerships for School Improvement and Teacher Leadership Development By Eva Balbas Imingan I. Introduction Although distributed leadership provides a theoretically-grounded framework to examine leadership practice‚ the concept is relatively new‚ lacks a widely-accepted definition‚ and has a limited empirical research base (Bennett‚ Harvey‚ Wise & Woods‚ 2003; Harris‚ 2004; Spillane‚ 2006; Timperley‚ 2005
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For the purpose of this essay I will be discussing distributed leadership and its implications in the educational setting. In my experience so far I have noticed aspects of this style becoming prominent in some areas of school life and university. I will use this experience of distributed leadership to reflect upon my own leadership skills in relation to my opinions and those embedded recent literature. It is noted‚ however‚ the term distributed leadership has many forms described in literature and
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competency frameworks. At first glance it may appear to be a comprehensive framework for leaders. It includes values (principled‚ integrity)‚ cognitive skills (inquiring‚ thinking)‚ interpersonal skills (caring‚ enthusiastic‚ communicating)‚ diversity components (tolerance‚ respect‚ empathetic)‚ and change orientation (open-minded‚ risk taking). Table 1 Sample Leadership Competencies Inquiring Caring Confident Enthusiastic Thinking Open-Minded Cooperative Independent Communicating Well Balanced Creative
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Should condoms be distributed among high schools? The answer to that very controversial subject is yes. Yes condoms should be distributed among the students. The question is controversial due to the main subject it discusses: sex. Some schools today are distributing birth control items to promote the thoughts and ideas of safe sex. Many also believe that along with condom distribution‚ there should be an availability of other methods of birth control‚ promotion of abstinence‚ and information for
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Introduction Company Background Maxis Berhad‚ with its joined subsidiaries (together‚ Maxis)‚ is the leading mobile communications service provider in Malaysia with over 11.4 million mobile subscribers as of 30 June 2009.Maxis was granted licences to operate a nationwide GSM900 mobile network‚ a domestic fixed network and an international gateway in 1993. It commenced its mobile operations in August 1995 and launched its fixed line and international gateway operations in early 1996.Since its establishment
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