LON-CAPA is a distributed networked system that allows the sharing of content across institutions and courses.
As a distributed network, bitcoin possesses the capability to route around interference and disruption.
The firm has extended its data warehouse with a distributed file source, he added.
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Wireless chips embedded into every device could transform an ordinary home into a distributed computing system.
That means they could be used to launch a distributed denial-of-service attack on a victim's computer.
Darfour envisions wearable computing as a distributed facility that picks up signals from gesture and body movement.
Andresen explained to BusinessWeek that bitcoins use a distributed intermediary to credit and debit accounts and prevent cheating.
The best option, some users claim, is to join a distributed social network.
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The key feature of a distributed system is so-called "smart metering, " which allows power to flow in both directions.
Napster is also based on a distributed model, where individuals agree to share information--in this case, pilfered music files.
It appears the site suffered from a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack over the course of Tuesday and Wednesday.
Do you scale-up to a high performance computing system or scale-out by just adding nodes to a distributed computing network?
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The trick is a single implanted power source and a distributed system of controllers that will manage several different physical functions.
It can even be used in mobile diesels that can be easily moved on site and set up in a distributed setting.
It was such a disaster that the Founding Fathers decided to move to a distributed, free-banking model for the new United States.
With Windchimes, we imagined adapting payphones to create a distributed environmental sensor network in service of New York City residents and visitors.
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Spaces and fluxes overlap and intertwine in our interaction with the city, which can only be shaped through a distributed, bottom-up process.
So it only took a year for our concept of a distributed, automated time capsule mechanism to break at a fundamental level.
This will remain a challenge of moving towards a distributed connected world.
In a distributed network, however, the central server is removed, and the user account passes information directly to another user who requests it.
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Spamhaus servers were hit with a huge amount of data via an attack technique known as a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack.
The crime group would likely rent a distributed proxy network to obfuscate their true locations and to run transactions against the compromised accounts.
The model was pure from the beginning: The idea was that with a distributed workforce, an individual could only handle so much work.
The group said it had used a distributed denial of service attack (DDoS) which bombards a target website with so much data that it becomes overwhelmed.
Jake Davis, 18, was charged with unauthorised computer access and conspiracy to carry out a distributed denial of service attack on the Serious Organised Crime Agency's website.
Their competitors eventually will figure out that a distributed team is a big factor in why their rivals are achieving lower cost structures, higher profits, and a more contented workforce.
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To address these questions, a distributed testbed infrastructure was deployed at the Argonne Leadership Computing Facility (ALCF) and the National Energy Research Scientifi c Computing Center (NERSC).
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In a tweet on its Twitter feed, MTGox said it was fighting off a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack, which involves a site being bombarded with huge amounts of data.
You and I use it to get to work every day as a distributed network of hundreds of sensors relay vital information to the dashboards of the cars we drive.
Cisco, KPMG, RealNetworks and Akamai have come together to build a distributed network for broadcasting and supporting the Oct. 9 NetAid concert, which will benefit the United Nations Development Programme.
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