td distributed computing method that requires two or more distinct processes to complete a single business transaction. Typically, cooperative processing programs interact and execute concurrently on different processors.
A style of computer application processing in which the presentation, business logic, and data management are split among two or more software services that operate on one or more computers. In cooperative processing, individual software programs (services) perform specific functions that are invoked by means of parameterized messages exchanged between them.
Tthe ability to distribute resources (programs, files and data bases) across the network.
The process by which a single application is partitioned between two or more hardware platforms. Each segment of the application can communicate with the others. Physical connectivity can occur via a direct channel connection, a local-area network node, a peer-to-peer communication link or a master/slave link. The application software can exist in a distributed processing environment, but this is not a requirement.
Another term for client/server computing. The term is used in association with systems or hardware made by IBM corp.