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A Distributed Operating System refers to a model in which applications run on multiple interconnected computers, offering enhanced communication and integration capabilities compared to a network operating system.
A distributed operating system is system software over a collection of independent software, networked, communicating, and physically separate computational nodes. They handle jobs which are serviced by multiple CPUs. [1]
A distributed operating system is a type of operating system that manages a network of independent computers and makes it appear as if they are a single computer. It allows for the sharing of resources, such as storage, processing power, and memory across multiple machines.
A distributed operating system is usually defined as runing on more loosely coupled hardware. Unlike parallel operating systems, distributed operating systems are intended to make a collection of resources on multiple machines usable by a set of loosely cooperating users running independent tasks.
A distributed operating system comprises multiple nodes, computers, and sites that are interconnected through Local Area Network (LAN) or Wide Area Network (WAN) lines. This enables the distribution of full systems on multiple central processors and supports different users and real-time products.
A distributed system in its most simplest definition is a group of computers working together as to appear as a single computer to the end-user. These machines have a shared state, operate concurrently and can fail independently without affecting the whole system’s uptime.
A distributed operating system (DOS), are systems which model where distributed applications are running on multiple computers, linked by communications.
A distributed system combines (and increases) the computing power of individual computer. Some advantages include: Resource sharing (but not as easily as if on the same machine) Enhanced performance (but 2 machines are not as good as a single machine that is 2 times as fast)
"A distributed operating system is one that looks to its users like an ordinary centralized operating system but runs on multiple, independent central processing units (CPUs). The key concept here is transparency. In other words, the use of multiple processors should be invisible (transparent) to the user.
Distributed Operating System Manages a collection of independent computers and makes them appear to the users of the system as if it were a single computer.