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distributed system
subject			fact

distributed system	has definition A system in which computations are performed by separate programs that co-operate to perform the task of the system as a whole
	is vulnerable to privacy invasions of its users by gathering data about people as they use network-based programs or by actively intercepting communications
	is a subtopic of 3.4 - The Client-Server Architecture
	is divided up into clients and servers
	is a kind of system
system	can have specification which is then implemented by a collection of components
	exists even if its components change over the course of time, or are replaced by equivalent components
	has scope
	has part component
	has part hardware
	has part module
	has part software
	has part subsystem

Kinds of distributed system :

• client-server system (11 kinds, 11 facts)