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What is the distributed OS a form of?

Parallel processing

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Why is a distributed OS considered a form of parallel processing?

You can combine the processing power of multiple computers across a network for a single task

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What is a distributed OS?

A single job is split up into several tasks and distributed between separate computers for these tasks to run on. This is coordinated by the OS so that it appears to be a single system to the user

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What is an example of a distributed system?

Clusters of desktops used for rendering or calculations