distributed

2 ENTRIES FOUND:

distributed

adj

Definition of DISTRIBUTED

1
: characterized by a statistical distribution of a particular kind <a normally distributed random variable>
2
: of, relating to, or being a computer network in which at least some of the processing is done by the individual workstations and information is shared by and often stored at the workstations

First Known Use of DISTRIBUTED

1968

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