Distributed Systems
E253908
Distributed Systems is a foundational computer science textbook that explains the principles, architectures, and algorithms used to design and implement distributed computing environments.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Distributed Systems canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2301407 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Distributed Systems Context triple: [Andrew S. Tanenbaum, authorOf, Distributed Systems]
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Distributed Network Protocol
Distributed Network Protocol is a communications protocol widely used in electric and water utilities for reliable, secure, and time-synchronized data exchange between control systems and remote devices.
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IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Distributed Processing
The IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Distributed Processing is a professional body within the IEEE Computer Society that focuses on advancing research, standards, and community activities in distributed computing systems and related technologies.
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Computer Networks
Computer Networks is a widely used textbook that provides a comprehensive introduction to the principles, architectures, and protocols underlying modern computer networking.
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Distributed
Distributed is a Julia standard library module that provides tools for parallel and distributed computing across multiple processes and machines.
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International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems
The International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems is a leading annual research conference focused on the theory, design, implementation, and applications of distributed computing and distributed systems.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Distributed Systems Target entity description: Distributed Systems is a foundational computer science textbook that explains the principles, architectures, and algorithms used to design and implement distributed computing environments.
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A.
Distributed Network Protocol
Distributed Network Protocol is a communications protocol widely used in electric and water utilities for reliable, secure, and time-synchronized data exchange between control systems and remote devices.
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B.
IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Distributed Processing
The IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Distributed Processing is a professional body within the IEEE Computer Society that focuses on advancing research, standards, and community activities in distributed computing systems and related technologies.
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C.
Computer Networks
Computer Networks is a widely used textbook that provides a comprehensive introduction to the principles, architectures, and protocols underlying modern computer networking.
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D.
Distributed
Distributed is a Julia standard library module that provides tools for parallel and distributed computing across multiple processes and machines.
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E.
International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems
The International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems is a leading annual research conference focused on the theory, design, implementation, and applications of distributed computing and distributed systems.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
computer science book
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textbook ⓘ |
| aimsAt | foundational understanding of distributed systems ⓘ |
| covers |
client-server systems
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cloud computing concepts ⓘ communication in distributed systems ⓘ concurrency control in distributed systems ⓘ consensus algorithms ⓘ consistency models ⓘ distributed architectures ⓘ distributed coordination ⓘ distributed file systems ⓘ distributed mutual exclusion ⓘ distributed shared memory ⓘ distributed transactions ⓘ distributed web-based systems ⓘ election algorithms ⓘ fault tolerance ⓘ middleware ⓘ naming in distributed systems ⓘ peer-to-peer systems ⓘ reliable multicast ⓘ replication ⓘ scalability in distributed systems ⓘ security in distributed systems ⓘ synchronization in distributed systems ⓘ time and global states in distributed systems ⓘ transparency in distributed systems ⓘ |
| explains |
design of distributed computing environments
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distributed algorithms ⓘ distributed system architectures ⓘ implementation of distributed computing environments ⓘ principles of distributed computing ⓘ |
| field | distributed computing ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
design of reliable distributed systems
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design of scalable distributed systems ⓘ design of secure distributed systems ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| provides |
practical design guidelines for distributed systems
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theoretical foundations of distributed computing ⓘ |
| subjectArea | computer science ⓘ |
| topic | distributed systems ⓘ |
| usedBy |
software engineers
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students of computer science ⓘ system architects ⓘ |
| usedFor |
graduate-level courses
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undergraduate courses in distributed systems ⓘ university-level education ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Distributed Systems Description of subject: Distributed Systems is a foundational computer science textbook that explains the principles, architectures, and algorithms used to design and implement distributed computing environments.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Andrew S. Tanenbaum