what is Distributed Processing ?

 Distributed Processing

• Network uses distributed processing in which a task is divided among
multiple computers instead of a single large machine being
responsible for all aspects of a process, each separate computer
called work station handles a subset.
• Following are the advantages of distributed processing.

Advantages: -

1. Security / Encapsulation: -

A system designer can limit kind of interactions that a given used can

have with the entire system.

Example: -

A bank can allow users to access their own accounts through an

Automated Teller Machine (ATM) without allowing then to access the

bank’s entire database.

2. Distributed Database: -

No one needs to provide storage capacity for the entire database.

Example: -

WWW gives users access to information that may be actually stored

& maintained & manipulated anywhere on the Internet.

3. Faster Problem Solving: -

Multiple computers working on parts of a problem concurrently

often can solve the problem faster than a single machine working alone.

4. Security Through Redundancy: -

Multiple computers running the same program at the same time can

provide security through redundancy.

5. Collaborative Processing: -

Both multiple computers & multiple users may interact on a task, this

is called collaborative processing.